Asymmetric Hydroxylative Phenol Dearomatization through In Situ Generation of Iodanes from Chiral Iodoarenes and <i>m</i>‐CPBA

Abstract

'I' is all the hype: A twofold excess of iodoarene in the title reaction leads to ortho-quinols in good yields, whereas organocatalytic versions of this reaction enable subsequent epoxidation in a regio- and diastereoselective fashion. Chiral iodobiarenes led to enantioselectivities up to 50 % ee. m-CPBA = meta-chloroperoxybenzoic acid.