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Title: Oxidation by the salts of metals. VI. Oxidative iodination of aromatic substrates, promoted by Co(III), Mn(III), and Ce(IV) compounds in aqueous trifluoroacetic acid

Journal Article · · J. Org. Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6036316

The direct iodination of benzene, halogenobenzenes, and p-methoxycarbonyltoluene in trifluoroacetic acid and its aqueous solutions with iodine or alkali-metal iodides was studied in the presence of Co(III) and Mn(III) acetates and ammonium cerium(IV) sulfate, which make it possible to obtain the respective iodoarenes with high yields under mild conditions. In the case of toluene the reaction is complicated by the formation of ..cap alpha..-oxidation products. It is assumed that the iodinating agent is trifluoroacetyl hypoiodite, formed as a result of the oxidation of the iodine by the salt of the metal having variable valence. The highest yields of the iodoarenes were obtained with 90% aqueous trifluoroacetic acid.

Research Organization:
Lomonosov Moscow State Univ., Moscow (Russian Federation)
OSTI ID:
6036316
Journal Information:
J. Org. Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 22:6; Other Information: Translated from Zh. Org. Khim.; 22: No.6, 1117-1120(Jun 1986)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English