R. Benhida et al., A MILD AND EFFECTIVE IODINATION METHOD USING IODINE IN THE PRESENCE OF BIS-(TRIFLUOROACETOXY)IODOBENZENE, Tetrahedron letters, 39(38), 1998, pp. 6849-6852
Herein is described a mild and effective iodination method using bis-(
trifluoroacetoxy)iodobenzene-iodine as reagent to be applied to electr
on deficient heterocyclic systems (protected indoles, coumarin...). Mo
reover, sensitive protecting groups such as acetyl and tert-butyldimet
hylsilyl were found to be stable under the new iodination reaction con
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