Direct Aerobic Oxidative Esterification and Arylation of P(O)–OH Compounds with Alcohols and Diaryliodonium Triflates

Advances in Synthetic Applications of Hypervalent Iodine Compounds

The preparation, structure, and chemistry of hypervalent iodine compounds are reviewed with emphasis on their synthetic application. Compounds of iodine possess reactivity similar to that of transition metals, but have the advantage of environmental sustainability and efficient utilization of natural resources. These compounds are widely used in organic synthesis as selective oxidants and environmentally friendly reagents. Synthetic uses of hypervalent iodine reagents in halogenation reactions, various oxidations, rearrangements, aminations, C-C bond-forming reactions, and transition metal-catalyzed reactions are summarized and discussed. Recent discovery of hypervalent catalytic systems and recyclable reagents, and the development of new enantioselective reactions using chiral hypervalent iodine compounds represent a particularly important achievement in the field of hypervalent iodine chemistry. One of the goals of this Review is to attract the attention of the scientific community as to the benefits of using hypervalent iodine compounds as an environmentally sustainable alternative to heavy metals.

Copper-catalyzed cycloaddition between hydrogen phosphonates and activated alkenes: synthesis of phosphonoisoquinolinediones

A new and general method for the synthesis of phosphonoisoquinolinediones has been achieved through copper-catalyzed phosphonation–cyclization of various methacryloylbenzamides with P(O)H compounds.

Synthesis of 3-phosphinoylquinolines via a phosphinoylation–cyclization–aromatization process mediated by tert-butyl hydroperoxide

The first metal-free phosphinoylation–cyclization–aromatization method has been developed.

A mild carbon-boron bond formation from diaryliodonium salts

The direct metal-free borylation of diaryliodonium salts with diboron reagents is now demonstrated to be a feasible process toward formation of aryl boronic esters without any additive or catalysts, and it can be extended to a two-step C-C coupling of both aryl groups of the initial diaryliodonium reagent.

Arylation with Diaryliodonium Salts

This chapter focuses on recent developments in metal-free and metal-catalyzed arylations with diaryliodonium salts (diaryl-λ3-iodanes). Synthetic routes to diaryliodonium salts are briefly described, and chemoselectivity trends with unsymmetric iodonium salts are discussed.

Base promoted direct C4-arylation of 4-substituted-pyrazolin-5-ones with diaryliodonium salts

A metal-free approach for the C4-arylation of 4-substituted-pyrazolin-5-ones with diaryliodonium salts was developed.

Metal-free direct difunctionalization of alkenes with I2O5 and P(O)–H compounds leading to β-iodophosphates

A novel and efficient procedure for direct difunctionalization of alkenes with I₂O₅ and P(O)–H compounds has been developed under metal-free conditions.

Metal-free one-pot sequential direct diarylation of pyrazolin-5-ones with diaryliodonium salts

A novel and efficient one-pot sequential C4-diarylation of pyrazolin-5-ones with diaryliodonium salts at room temperature in the absence of a metal catalyst was reported.