Barluenga José, Marco-Arias María, González-Bobes Francisco, Ballesteros Alfredo, González José M
Instituto de Química Organometálica Enrique Moles, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, 33006, Spain.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Nov 21(22):2616-7. doi: 10.1039/b411227j. Epub 2004 Oct 4.
Using water as the reaction medium, ketones can be transformed into alpha-iodoketones upon treatment with sodium iodide, hydrogen peroxide and an acid; interestingly, alpha-iodoketones can be also obtained from secondary alcohols through a metal-free tandem oxidation-iodination approach.