Oxidative Heterocycle Formation Using Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagents

Abstract

Hypervalent iodine(III) reagents have been widely exploited in a diverse array of synthetic transformations. This chapter focuses on the general application of hypervalent iodine(III) reagents in the de novo synthesis and in the late stage functionalization of heterocyclic compounds.

Keywords: Heterocycles; Hypervalent iodine(III) reagents; Organocatalysis; Oxidative cyclization; Transition metal-free.