Diastereoselective anti-aminooxygenation and anti-diamination of alkenes with amidines were enabled by hypervalent iodine(III) reagents such as PhI(OCOR)2 and PhI(NMs2)2, respectively. The present transformation offers diastereochemically pure dihydroimidazoles divergently from E- and Z-alkenes.

A facile synthesis of 4-indole benzofurans from the one-pot reaction of 4-alkyl-2-ynylphenols and indoles via a hypervalent iodine-induced oxidative dearomatization, a silver-catalyzed cascade Michael addition-annulation, and an aromatization is reported.

Since hypervalent twist followed by reductive elimination is a general reaction pattern for iodine reagents, mechanistic studies about the step could provide significant guidance experiments.

Correction for 'Photoredox-mediated Minisci C-H alkylation of N-heteroarenes using boronic acids and hypervalent iodine' by Guo-Xing Li et al., Chem. Sci., 2016, DOI: ; 10.1039/c6sc02653b.

Hypervalent iodine(III)-induced oxidative [4+2] annulation of o-phenylenediamines and electron-deficient alkynes under metal-free conditions has been developed. The reaction allows for direct access to quinoxalines bearing two electron-withdrawing groups in an efficient manner.

Iodine is an element of fascinating chemical complexity, and numerous hypervalent iodine compounds reveal vital value of applications in organic synthesis. Investigation of the synthesis and application of new type of hypervalent iodine compound has extremely significant meaning. Here, the formation of CsIn (n > 1) compounds is predicted up to 200 GPa using an effective algorithm. The current r...

(diacetoxyiodo)benzene has been used as an efficient catalyst for an improved and rapid one-pot synthesis of biscoumarin derivatives in excellent yield under reflux condition using water as a environmentally benign reaction medium. this aqua mediated knoevenagel condensation of various aromatic and hetero-aromatic aldehydes with 4-hydroxycoumarin using catalytic amount of (diacetoxyiodo)benzene...

A new strategy for cyclopenta[b]furan synthesis mediated by hypervalent iodine(III) has been described. The approach employs diacetoxyiodobenzene-induced initial dehydrogenation to a putative trienone intermediate and triggered sequential cycloisomerization to form the cyclo-penta[b]furan targets.

A mild and efficient method for the synthesis of 3-trifluoromethylpyrazoles has been established via trifluoromethylation/cyclization of α,β-alkynic hydrazones using a hypervalent iodine reagent under transition-metal-free conditions.

Organic azides have found wide application in various fields of science and technology. This review summarizes recently developed approaches to the direct, one-step synthesis diverse organic utilizing hypervalent iodine reagents. The first part deals with azidation using unstable azidoiodinanes generated situ from common reagents (such as diacetoxyiodobenzene or iodosylbenzene) a source azide a...