Chemistry letters

N-hydroxysuccinimide-promoted oxidation of primary alcohols and aldehydes to form active esters with hypervalent (III) iodine

N Wang, R Liu, Q Xu, X Liang

Index: Wang, Naiwei; Liu, Renhua; Xu, Qing; Liang, Xinmiao Chemistry Letters, 2006 , vol. 35, # 6 p. 566 - 567

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Abstract

A simple, mild, and efficient method for the conversion of primary alcohols and aldehydes to N-hydroxysuccinimide esters with (diacetoxyiodo) benzene in high yield is developed. N- Hydroxysuccinimide acts not only as an esterification partner but also as an activator of PhI (OAc) 2 in this reaction.