ChemInform Abstract: Hypervalent Iodine Oxidation of Phenol Derivatives Using a Catalytic Amount of 4‐Iodophenoxyacetic Acid and Oxone® as a Cooxidant.

Abstract

The title reaction provides an efficient and practical method for the preparation of p-quinols and p-quinones. The quinone synthesis is applied to the synthesis of blattellaquinone (VIe), the sex pheromone of the German cockroach. -(YAKURA*, T.; OMOTO, M.; YAMAUCHI, Y.; TIAN, Y.; OZONO, A.; Tetrahedron 66 (2010) 31, 5833-5840,