Chemistry Letters

Iodohydrin synthesis from simple and functionalised olefins on treatment with periodic acid and sodium bisulfite.

H Ohta, Y Sakata, T Takeuchi, Y Ishii

Index: Ohta, Hirofumi; Sakata, Yasuyuki; Takeuchi, Toshiyuki; Ishii, Yasutaka Chemistry Letters, 1990 , # 5 p. 733 - 736

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Citation Number: 26

Abstract

Periodic acid (H 5 IO 6) in combination with sodium bisulfite was found to be a prominent reagent to convert simple and functionalised olefins into the corresponding iodohydrins in fair to good yields under mild conditions. Allylic alcohols gave iodohydrins whose orientation obeyed anti-Markovnikov rule in contrast to olefins which gave Markovnikov products.