Poly[4-(diacetoxyiodo)styrene] is sufficiently reactive for the iodination
of aromatics, the oxidative 1,2-aryl migration of alkyl aryl ketones, the a
lpha-hydroxylation of ketones, and the oxidation of hydroquinones and sulfi
des similarly to (diacetoxyiodo)benzene. Here, those reactions with poly[4-
(diacetoxyiodo)styrene] are very useful because of the simple operation: t
hus, filtration gives the crude products and recovered poly(4-iodostyrene)
and then poly[4-(diacetoxyiodo)styrene] can be regenerated by oxidation of
the recovered poly(4-iodostyrene) which are reused for the same reactions.