Ortho-substituted iodobenzenes as novel organocatalysts for bromination of alkenes?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2006-05-03 DOI: 10.1039/B604130B

Abstract

Suitably ortho-substituted iodobenzenes act as organocatalysts for the transfer of electrophilic bromine from N-bromosuccinimide to alkenes via the intermediacy of bromoiodinanes.

Graphical abstract: Ortho-substituted iodobenzenes as novel organocatalysts for bromination of alkenes
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