Hypervalent Iodine(III)-Catalyzed Balz-Schiemann Fluorination under Mild Conditions.
Bo XingChuanfa NiJinbo HuPublished in: Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) (2018)
An unprecedented hypervalent iodine(III) catalyzed Balz-Schiemann reaction is described. In the presence of a hypervalent iodine compound, the fluorination reaction proceeds under mild conditions (25-60 °C), and features a wide substrate scope and good functional-group compatibility.