Special Issue Reviews and Accounts ARKIVOC 2009 (i) 1-62 Hypervalent iodine(III) reagents in organic synthesis Viktor V. Zhdankin Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812, USA E-mail:
[email protected] Abstract This review summarizes the chemistry of hypervalent iodine(III) compounds with emphasis of their synthetic applications. The preparation and reactions of (difluoroiodo)arenes, (dichloroiodo)arenes, iodosylarenes, [bis(acyloxy)iodo]arenes, and aryliodine(III) organosulfonates are overviewed. Application of these reagents allows mild and highly selective oxidative transformations in a facile and environmentally friendly manner. Some of these useful transformations can be carried out using organoiodine(III) compounds as catalysts or recyclable reagents. Keywords: Hypervalent iodine, oxidation, (difluoroiodo)benzene, (dichloroiodo)benzene, iodosylbenzene, (diacetoxyiodo)benzene, [hydroxy(tosyloxy)]iodobenzene, catalysis, recyclable reagents Contents 1. Introduction 2. Classification and General Structural Features of Organic Iodine(III) Compounds 3. Preparation of Hypervalent Iodine(III) Compounds 3.1. (Difluoroiodo)arenes 3.2. (Dichloroiodo)arenes 3.3. Iodosylarenes 3.4. [Bis(acyloxy)iodo]arenes 3.5. Aryliodine(III) Organosulfonates 4. Halogenations using Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagents 4.1. Fluorinations 4.2. Chlorinations 4.3. Brominations and Iodinations 5. Oxidative Transformations of Organic Substrates ISSN 1551-7012 Page 1 ©ARKAT USA, Inc. Special Issue Reviews and Accounts ARKIVOC 2009 (i) 1-62 5.1. Oxidation of alcohols 5.2. Oxidative functionalization of carbonyl compounds, alkenes, and arenes 5.3. Oxidative rearrangements and fragmentations 5.4. Oxidative dearomatization of phenolic substrates 5.5. Oxidative coupling of aromatic substrates 5.6. Radical rearrangements 5.7. Thiocyanations, azidations, arylselenations, and aryltellurations 5.8.