“…Although IBAs can be prepared from 2-IBs by existing methods ( Figure 2 ) [ 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 ], the development of a safer and more efficient method for their synthesis is highly desirable. As shown in Figure 2 , IBAs can be further oxidized to pentavalent cyclic hypervalent IBXs [ 67 ], which need to be prevented for the preparation of IBAs [ 68 , 69 , 70 ], mainly due to the explosive nature of IBXs on heating and impact, while IBXs are useful in some small-scale reactions [ 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 ]. Thus, contamination by IBX in the IBA products should be avoided for long-term safe storage or large-scale use.…”