“…4 Traditional methodologies for the 1,2-iodoacetoxylation of alkenes include the reaction of I 2 with an alkene in the presence of acetic acid mediated by diverse heavy metal salts such as Tl(I), 2 Ag(I), 3,4 Pb(II), 5 Bi(III), 6 Hg(II), 7 Ce(IV), 8 Cu(II), 9 Co(II) 10 or oxidising reagents. 11 Alternate methodologies are the reactions of alkenes with excess iodine and KOAc supported on Al 2 O 3 , 12 diacetoxyiodine(I) complexes 13 or in situ generated acyl hypoiodite, 14 and also the reactions with NIS 15 or Ipy 2 BF 4 16 in the presence of acetic acid. Recently, Chavan and Sharma published the intramolecular coiodination of unsaturated carboxylic acids to produce iodo-lactones mediated by catalytic FeCl 3 .…”