Iodoarene-catalyzed oxidative transformations using molecular oxygen?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2017-08-08 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC05160C

Abstract

Molecular oxygen serves as a useful oxidant for the glycol scission of 1,2-diols and the Hofmann rearrangement of primary amides using pentamethyliodobenzene as a catalyst. The use of isobutyraldehyde and Lewis basic nitriles under O2 enabled the iodine(I)/(III) catalytic cycle, where in situ-generated peracid acts as a terminal oxidant.

Graphical abstract: Iodoarene-catalyzed oxidative transformations using molecular oxygen
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