“…Whether the attacking species is ( I ) , I(OAcf)?, or even IOAcf has not been established. Derivatives of (dihydroxyiodo)alkanes, e. g. (6), are unstable (unless the alkyl group is perfluorinated[61) and undergo 1,l-elimination to give alkyl trifluoroacetates, e. g. (2), or 1,2-elimination affording an alkene which is oxidized stereoselectively to alkylene bis(trifluoroacetates), e.g. (3)"l. The observation that 2-iodobutane gives the same products as butane on treatment with ( 1 ) suggests that the reaction proceeds via bis(trifluor0-acetoxy)iodoalkanes ( 6 ) .…”