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Phosphorous? edit
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)
Citations edit
There are no citations for almost the entire written body of the article. Claims that Ethyl iodide will degrade after a year of good storage are questionable I'd say. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.222.40.30 (talk) 17:05, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Junk Article edit
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.