Talk:Ethyl iodide

Phosphorous?
This seems quite dangerous, as phosphorous is dangerously explosive. Perhaps someone should verify this. I've heard that you can just reflux iodine and ethanol, without the phosphorous. 74.166.85.40 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 23:31, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Junk Article
This whole article reads as though it were written by a first year undergrad. Also, YES PHOSPHORUS! Conversion of alcohols to alkyl halides with phosphorus (phosphorus trihalide intermediate) is a classical reaction that has been well-documented for over a hundred years. Refluxing alcohol in iodine will give you dissolved iodine.