Asymmetric Hydroxylative Phenol Dearomatization through In Situ Generation of Iodanes from Chiral Iodoarenes and m ‐CPBA

′I′ is all the hype : A twofold excess of iodoarene in the title reaction leads to ortho ‐quinols in good yields, whereas organocatalytic versions of this reaction enable subsequent epoxidation in a regio‐ and diastereoselective fashion. Chiral iodobiarenes led to enantioselectivities up to 50 %  ee. m ‐CPBA= meta ‐chloroperoxybenzoic acid.