A useful method for molecular iodine catalyzed oxidative C-C bond formation between tertiary amines and a carbon nucleophile using hydrogen peroxide as the terminal oxidant is reported. This is the first report of a molecular iodine catalyzed cross-dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) reaction between two sp(3) C-H bonds.

The synthesis of β-hydroxy sulfones from alkenes and sodium sulfinates under aerobic oxidative conditions was achieved in the presence of a catalytic amount of molecular iodine.

We report a method for the photooxidative cleavage of aromatic alkenes to give aldehydes using molecular oxygen as the terminal oxidant, visible light, a catalytic amount of iodine and trifluoroacetic acid.

Molecular-Iodine-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative Synthesis of -Hydroxy Sulfones from Alkenes. -(KARIYA, A.; YAMAGUCHI, T.; NOBUTA, T.; TADA, N.; MIURA, T.; ITOH*, A.; RSC Adv. 4 (2014) 25, 13191-13194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3ra47863g ; Gifu Pharm. Univ., Gifu 501-11, Japan; Eng.) -Nuesgen 46-099