Recent discoveries on the structure of iodine(iii) reagents and their use in cross-nucleophile coupling
Abstract
This perspective article discusses structural features of iodine(III) compounds as a prelude to presenting their use as umpolung reagents, in particular as pertains to their ability to promote the selective coupling of two nucleophilic species via 2e− oxidation.
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