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Fang Xie1, Zhipeng Zhang1, Xinzhang Yu1,2
1Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Dalian 116023 (China).
Abstract:
Diaryliodonium salts play an increasingly important role as an aryl source. Reported is the first synthesis of diaryliodoniums by rhodium(III)-catalyzed C-H hyperiodination of electron-poor arenes under chelation assistance. This C-I coupling reaction occurred at room temperature with high regio-selectivity and functional-group compatibility. Subsequent diversified nucleophilic functionalization of a diaryliodonium allowed facile construction of C-C, C-N, C-O, C-S, C-P and C-Br bonds, and in all cases the initial functionalization occurred at the arene containing the chelating-group.
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