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Front Cover Picture: An Improved Catalyst for Iodine(I/III)‐Catalysed Intermolecular CH Amination (Adv. Synth. Catal. 13/2016)
Author(s) -
Lucchetti Nicola,
Scalone Michelangelo,
Fantasia Serena,
Muñiz Kilian
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced synthesis and catalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.541
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1615-4169
pISSN - 1615-4150
DOI - 10.1002/adsc.201600598
Subject(s) - chemistry , amination , iodine , catalysis , aniline , intermolecular force , reactivity (psychology) , medicinal chemistry , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , molecule , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
The front cover picture , provided by Kilian Muñiz and co‐workers, illustrates the birth of a new iodine catalyst. The arrival of the iodine‐rich 1,2‐diiodobenzene provides new opportunities for iodine(I/III) redox catalysis. It undergoes selective oxidation with peracetic acid to provide the corresponding iodine(III) catalyst, which is of remarkable reactivity in the intermolecular CH amination of arenes. Upon formation of the corresponding aniline coupling products, the catalyst returns to the initial iodine(I) oxidation state. Overall, the reaction turns just between the two catalyst oxidation states. Details can be found in the full paper on page 2093–2099 (N. Lucchetti, M. Scalone, S. Fantasia, K. Muñiz, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2016 , 358 , 2093–2099; DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201600191 ).