ChemInform Abstract: A Mild Method for Introducing Iodine Monofluoride into Alkenes and Iodination of Aromatics Using Xenon Difluoride.

Abstract

Iodine monofluoride, generated from XeF 2 and I 2 or NIS, reacts with alkenes to furnish iodofluorinated products [cf. (II), (IV), (V)] in good yields. The reaction of aromatics with XeF 2 and I 2 or NIS proceeds as electrophilic aromatic iodination [→ (VII), (IX)]. Iodine monofluoride (IF), generated from XeF 2 proves to be less reactive than IF generated from I 2 and fluorine gas. -(SHELLHAMER, D. F.; JONES, B. C.; PETTUS, B. J.; PETTUS, T. L.; STRINGER, J. M.; HEASLEY, V. L.; J.