Umpolung of halide reactivity: efficient (diacetoxyiodo)benzene-mediated electrophilic α-halogenation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds†
Ramulu Akula,Marc Galligan,Hasim Ibrahim
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 10/12/2009 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/B915348A
Abstract
An efficient high-yielding (diacetoxyiodo)benzene-mediated α-halogenation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds utilising titanium tetrahalides as the halide source has been developed.