Note 28 bis — Chapter IX · COMPOUNDS OF CARBON WITH OXYGEN AND NITROGEN
George Kamensky translation
Greshoff (1888) showed that with a solution of nitrate of silver, iodoform, CHI3, forms CO according to the equation CHI3 + 3AgNO3 + H2O = 3AgI + 3HNO3 + CO. The reaction is immediate and is complete.