Trihaloisocyanuric acids [1,3,5-trihalo-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-(1H,3H,5H)-triones] are commercially
available or easily prepared solids. They are highly reactive, stable, easily handled, and have an excellent atom
economy, transferring up to three halogen atoms to organic substrates. In these regards, the present review
summarizes their synthetic applications as safe and convenient reagents. Therefore, electrophilic halogenation
reactions of alkenes, alkynes, arenes, heteroarenes, carbonyl compounds, and heteroatoms, as well as radical
halogenation involving saturated substrates and in situ halogenated intermediates for Appel-type reactions are
presented and discussed. Remarkably, applications of trihaloisocyanuric acids in processes for the construction
of heteroarene scaffolds based on electrophilic halo- and oxidative cyclization, multicomponent reactions, and
telescopic reactions are also given.