“…Iodination of aromatic compounds has been carried out using molecular iodine together with strong oxidising agents such as nitric acid, sulphuric acid, iodic acid, sulphur trioxide and hydrogen peroxide, 3 ceric ammonium nitrate, 4 bismuth(III) nitrate pentahydrate, 5 sodium hypochlorite and urea-hydrogen peroxide. 6 Several reagents reported for iodination of aromatic compounds include iodine and 1,4-bis(triphenylphosphonium)-2-butene peroxodisulfate, 7 iodine and pyridine/ dioxane, 8 AgNO 3 /I 2 , 9 I 2 /NaBO 3 $4H 2 O in ionic liquid, 10 I 2 /HIO 3 , heat, 11 I 2 /CrO 3 , 13 NaClO 2 /NaI/HCl, 14 KI/K 2 FeO 4 in water, 15 N-iodosuccinimide and catalytic triuoroacetic acid, 16 pyCl/ CH 3 OH, 17 I 2 /Pb(OAc) 4 , 12 KI/H 2 O 2 , 18 KI/KIO 3 /H + , 19 KClO 3 /KI/ HCl, 20 NCS/NaI 21 and iodine with H 2 O 2 and O 2 . 22 Strong Lewis acids or Bronsted acids, such as triuoroacetic acid, 23 tri-uoromethanesulfonic acid and BF 3 $OEt 2 -H 2 O 24 have been utilised for electron-withdrawing groups on the aromatic ring, which is not suitable for acid-sensitive functional groups.…”