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Give reason on one or two sentances for the following: Iodoform is obtained by the reaction of acetone with hypoiodote but not with iodode

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SOLUTION :Hypoiodite acts as an oxidising agent and this reaction is initiated by the replacement of methyl protons by `I^(o+)`. Moreover, hypoiodite ion `(OI^(ɵ))` acts as a base to ABSTRACT methyl proton, while `I^(ɵ)` is a WEAK base (but strong nucleophile) and cannot abstract methyl proton.
`Me-CO-CH_(3)+3overset(ɵ)(O)Irarr Me-CO-CI_(3)+3overset(ɵ)(O)H`


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