The title compounds (3) have been prepared and their chemical properties studied. With iodine they give aryloxymethyl aryloxyacetates (4) through the intermediacy of aryloxyacetyl hypoiodites and α-iodoanisoles. The former are unstable but have been trapped with pyridine to give N-iodopyridinium aryloxyacetates, whereas the latter are stable and react independently with compounds (3) to afford the