A Chiral Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagent for Enantioselective Dearomatization of Phenols

Abstract

The hype about iodine(III): A chiral hypervalent iodine(III) reagent (1) is reported to enantioselectively dearomatize phenols in a highly selective manner (see scheme). This result clearly supports existence of the associative pathway in hypervalent iodine(III)-induced phenolic oxidations. Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2002/2008/z800464_s.pdf or from the author. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.