Hypervalent iodine (HVI) compounds
are very important selective
oxidants often employed in organic syntheses. Most HVI compounds are
strongly associated in the solid state involving interactions between
the electropositive iodine centers and nearby electron lone pairs
of electronegative atoms. This study examines the impact of remote
substituents on select families of HVI compounds as means to achieve
predictable two-dimensional extended solid-state materials. Crystallographic
analyses of 10 HVI compounds from several related classes of λ3 organoiodine(III) compounds, (diacetoxyiodo)benzenes, (dibenzoatoiodo)benzenes,
[bis(trifluoroacetoxy)iodo]benzenes, and μ-oxo-[(carboxylateiodo)benzenes], provide insights into how remote
substituents and the choice of carboxylate groups can impact intermolecular
interactions in the solid state.