that selectively iodinates electron-rich aromatics. In contrast to other common electrophilic iodinating reagents, its mild nature allows it to be used for the selective synthesis of α-iodinated carbonyl compounds fromallylicalcohols through a 1,3-hydrogen shift / iodination process catalyzed by iridium(III) complexes.
A facile and efficient preparative method of methyl 2-arylpropanoates by treatment of propiophenones and their derivatives with iodine or iodine chlorides