A comparative evaluation was made on the syntheses of vicinal halohydrins, halo methyl ethers, and halo acetates from olefins using 2: 1 Br−/BrO3− and I−/IO3− reagents. In many cases both reagents afforded products selectively in high yields. The highest halogen atom efficiencies attained were 97% and 93% for Br−/BrO3− and I−/IO3−, respectively. Of the two reagents, I−/IO3− was established to be the preferred reagent for vicinal functionalization ...