Synlett 2007(17): 2764-2765  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-991080
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[Hydroxy(tosyloxy)iodo]benzene (HTIB)

Rajesh Kumar*
Department of Chemistry, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana 136119, India
e-Mail: rajesh_chem12a@rediffmail.com;

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Publication History

Publication Date:
27 September 2007 (online)

Biographical Sketches

Rajesh Kumar was born in 1980 at Karsa Dod, Haryana, India. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in chemistry with ­specialization in organic chemistry from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India. Presently he is working as a Senior Research Fellow (CSIR-SRF) towards his PhD under the super­vision of Prof. Om Prakash at Kurukshetra University. His research work is focused on the synthetic utility of hypervalent iodine(III) ­reagents in organic synthesis.

Introduction

[Hydroxy(tosyloxy)iodo]benzene (HTIB), one of the most significant reagents among the family of hypervalent iodine reagents, has been widely used as an effective ­oxidant in the synthesis of various organic compounds. HTIB was first discovered in 1970 by Neiland and Karele. [1] A few years later, Koser and co-workers discovered that HTIB is an efficient reagent in organic synthesis, so in contemporary literature HTIB is often referred to as ‘Koser’s Reagent’.

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Abstracts

(A) A facile, general and high-yielding protocol for the synthesis of novel α-tosyloxy β-keto sulfones is described utilizing the ­relatively non-toxic HTIB under solvent-free conditions at room temperature. [2]

(B) Reaction of various ketones with HTIB followed by treatment of the α-tosyloxy ketones thus generated in situ with sodium azide, possibly in the presence of a phase-transfer catalyst, at room ­temperature offers a one-pot procedure for the synthesis of α-azido ketones. [3] [4]

(C) Ketones react with HTIB in DMSO-H2O to afford α-hydroxy ketones under neutral conditions and in good yields. [5]

(D) Spirodienones bearing a 1-azaspiro[4.5]decane ring have been synthesized from N-methoxy-(4-halogenophenyl)amides by the intramolecular ipso attack of a nitrenium ion generated with HTIB in trifluoroethanol. [6]

(E) The treatment of aryl alkenes with HTIB in 95% methanol affords the corresponding α-aryl ketones. This oxidative rearrangement is general for acyclic and cyclic aryl alkenes and permits regioselective synthesis of isomeric α-phenyl ketone pairs. [7]

(F) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) undergo regioselective oxidative substitution with HTIB in dichloromethane to give the corresponding aryl sulfonate esters. [8]

(G) Oxidation of 3-cinnamoyl-4-hydroxy-6-methyl-2H-pyran-2-ones with HTIB in CH2Cl2 leads to cyclization, thereby providing a new and convenient route for the synthesis of 3-aryl-7-methylpyrano[4,3-b]pyran-4H,5H-diones. [9]

(H) Oxidation of flavanones to flavones was developed using HTIB in ionic liquid 1,3-di-n-butylimidazolium bromide at room temperature. [10]

(I) The oxidation of benzylic alcohols with HTIB provides a rapid and convenient method to prepare corresponding carbonyl compounds under solvent-free conditions. [11]

(J) A novel and direct method for the synthesis of α-halocarbonyl compounds using sequential treatment of carbonyl compounds with HTIB followed by magnesium halides under solvent-free conditions. [12]