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Chemoselective Preparation of 1-Iodoalkynes, 1,2-Diiodoalkenes, and 1,1,2-Triiodoalkenes Based on the Oxidative Iodination of Terminal Alkynes
Published on: September 12, 2018
2-iodylphenol ethers: preparation, X-ray crystal structure, and reactivity of new hypervalent iodine(V) oxidizing
Alexey Y Koposov1, Rashad R Karimov, Ivan M Geraskin
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Minnesota--Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812, USA.
Abstract:
2-Iodylphenol ethers were prepared by the dimethyldioxirane oxidation of the corresponding 2-iodophenol ethers and isolated as chemically stable, microcrystalline products. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of 1-iodyl-2-isopropoxybenzene 8c and 1-iodyl-2-butoxybenzene 8d revealed pseudopolymeric arrangements in the solid state formed by intermolecular interactions between IO2 groups of different molecules. 2-Iodylphenol ethers can selectively oxidize sulfides to sulfoxides and alcohols to the respective aldehydes or ketones.
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