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IBX−I<sub>2</sub>Redox Couple for Facile Generation of IOH and I<sup>+</sup>: Expedient Protocol for Iodohydroxylation of Olefins and Iodination of Aromatics

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2009

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Abstract

IBX is readily reduced to IBA in the presence of molecular iodine in DMSO to generate hypoiodous acid (IOH), which reacts with a variety of olefins as well as alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones leading to their respective iodohydrins with anti stereochemistry. The same redox chemistry in acetonitrile containing TFA produces iodonium ions for facile iodination of a variety of aromatic compounds in respectable isolated yields.