Triiodomethane products
The iodoform reaction produces yellow triiodomethane together with a carboxylate; after acidification this corresponds to a carboxylic acid with one fewer carbon.
- Functional group
- CHI3 + RCO2-
- Also known as
- iodoform, triiodomethane, haloform products, carboxylic acid with one fewer carbon
Overview
Iodoform reaction products: CHI3 plus a one-carbon-shorter carboxylate or acid.
The iodoform reaction produces yellow triiodomethane together with a carboxylate; after acidification this corresponds to a carboxylic acid with one fewer carbon.
Identifiers
- Functional group
- CHI3 + RCO2-
- Also known as
- iodoform, triiodomethane, haloform products, carboxylic acid with one fewer carbon
Chemical identifiers
- SMILES
- IC(I)I
Related compounds
- Triiodomethane
Iodoform, the yellow solid produced in the iodoform structural-group test.
Connected reactions
- Iodoform reaction: Methyl ketones → Triiodomethane products
Alkaline iodine converts methyl ketones into yellow triiodomethane and a carboxylate with one fewer carbon.
- Iodoform reaction: Ethanal → Triiodomethane products
Ethanal gives triiodomethane and methanoate in the alkaline iodine iodoform reaction.
- Iodoform reaction: Ethanol → Triiodomethane products
Ethanol is oxidised and cleaved by alkaline iodine to give triiodomethane and methanoate.
- Iodoform reaction: Methyl secondary alcohols → Triiodomethane products
Methyl secondary alcohols are oxidised to methyl ketones, then cleaved to triiodomethane and a one-carbon-shorter carboxylate.
References
- PubChem Compound Summary: Triiodomethane (CID 6374)National Center for Biotechnology Information · PubChem
Identity, molecular formula, molecular weight and selected English aliases retrieved via PUG REST on 2026-09-16. Chinese search names are curated nomenclature translations. Unspecified stereochemistry remains unspecified.