Vv. Zhdankin et al., SYNTHESIS AND X-RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF ROMETHYL)-1,3-DIHYDRO-1-LAMBDA(3),2-BENZOIODOXOLE, A STABLE CYANOIODOLANE, Mendeleev communications, (2), 1996, pp. 50-51
Stable, crystalline cyanoiodolane 3 has been prepared in two steps by
sequential reactions of 1-hydroxy-3, 3-bis(trifluoromethyl)-1,3-dihydr
o-1 lambda(3),2-benzoiodoxole 1 with trimethylsilyltriflate and then w
ith cyanotrimethysilane; X-ray structure analysis reveals a distorted
T-shaped structure for iodine with an endocyclic I-O bond distance of
2.117 Angstrom, which is significantly shorter than usual in C-substit
uted benzoiodoxole derivatives.