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Diaryliodonium Salts: A Journey from Obscurity to Fame
Author(s) -
Merritt Eleanor A.,
Olofsson Berit
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200904689
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , chemistry , computer science , materials science
The recent groundbreaking developments in the application of diaryliodonium salts in cross‐coupling reactions has brought this class of previously underdeveloped reagents to the forefront of organic chemistry. With the advent of novel, facile, and efficient synthetic routes to these compounds, many more applications can be foreseen. Herein we provide an overview of the historical and recent advances in the synthesis and applications of diaryliodonium salts.