Simonini Reaction

A. Simonini, Monatsh. 13, 320 (1892); 14, 81 (1893).

The preparation of aliphatic esters by the reaction of the silver salt of a carboxylic acid with iodine:

H. Wieland, F. G. Fischer, Ann. 446, 49 (1926); J. Kleinberg, Chem. Rev. 40, 381 (1947); R. G. Johnson, R. K. Ingham, ibid. 56, 259 (1956); C. V. Wilson, Org. React. 9, 332 (1957); N. J. Bunce, M. Hadley, Can. J. Chem. 54, 2612 (1976). Cf. Hunsdiecker Reaction.