Synthesis 2007(20): 3113-3116  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-983880
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Highly Efficient and Clean Method for Direct α-Iodination of Aromatic Ketones

Guodong Yina, Meng Gaoa, Nengfang Shea, Shengli Hua, Anxin Wu*a, Yuanjiang Pan*b
a Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. of China
e-Mail: chwuax@mail.ccnu.edu.cn;
b Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. of China
e-Mail: panyuanjiang@zju.edu.cn;
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Received 13 June 2007
Publication Date:
11 September 2007 (online)

Abstract

Under neutral reaction conditions, aromatic ketones were transformed into the corresponding α-iodo ketones in high yields by the combination of copper(II) oxide and iodine. The reaction mechanism showed that copper(II) oxide played multiple roles through random self-sorting.