The preparation, structure, and chemistry of hypervalent iodine compounds are reviewed
with emphasis on their synthetic application. Compounds of iodine possess reactivity similar …

Starting from the early 1990s, the chemistry of polyvalent iodine organic compounds has
experienced an explosive development. This surging interest in iodine compounds is mainly …

The interest in synthesizing heterocycles has always been enormous. The literature contains
a variety of synthetic approaches to the heterocycle ring structures, much of which has been …

Conspectus Asymmetric electrophilic reactions provide an ideal method for the construction
of chiral molecules by incorporating one or more functional groups into the parent substrates …

The impressive development of hypervalent iodine chemistry in recent years is reflected by
the number of publications in this area. Although the synthesis of the first hypervalent iodine …

Despite the fact that halogenation of alkenes has been known for centuries, enantioselective
variants of this reaction have only recently been developed. In the past three years, catalytic …

Asymmetric organocatalytic oxidations have been witnessed to an impressive development
in the last years thanks to the establishment of important chiral hypervalent iodines (III/V) …

γ-Butenolides, γ-butyrolactones, and derivatives, especially in enantiomerically pure form,
constitute the structural core of numerous natural products which display an impressive …

Modern organic synthesis depends on the development of highly selective methods for the
efficient construction of potentially useful target molecules. A primary goal in our laboratory …

Iodine was discovered as a novel element in 1811 during the Napoleonic Wars. To
celebrate the bicentennial anniversary of this event we reflect on the history and highlight …