I recived following letter from Anatole Zhoborov, a man located in Leningrad. Irrelevant details about him beeing drugged and forced in to what he calls "The Big House" to give information to KGB and/or him getting away to Moscow for a week in feer for his life for what he calls "The Narco Mafia" are not presented.
Iodine monochloride
In a fume cupboard, pass dry chlorine gas into 127 g (0.5 mol) of iodine in a distilling flask until the weight has increased by 34.5 g (0.49 mol). The chlorine should be fed in via a glass frit located at or below the surface of the iodine while the flask is gently shaken. Distil the iodine in an ordinary distillation apparatus; protect the reciver flask from the atmospheric moisture by a calcium chloride guard-tube. Collect the fraction, b.p. 97-105 C; the yield is 140 g (88%). Preserve the iodine monochloride in a dry, glass-stoppered bottle.
DANGER!; The product is a corrosive liquid that gives off a harmful vapour. Use dilute HCl (aq) (1:1) as an effective antidote if this nasty stuff ever comes in contact with the skin.
Why did Zhoborov send me this? Does it has anything to do with the well-known 2C-I/DOI synthesis presented in PiHKAL by Shulgin? Has Anatole Zhoborov been secreatly in contact with Shulgin all along? I might never know! Oh, just let it bee...
Refs:
TiHKAL and my imagination
Vogel's, 5:th ed, p. 440
For the details regarding the generation of Cl2 itself from KMnO4 (s) and HCl (aq), turn your attention to rhodium.ws and the document written by Eleusis.