Oxygen insertion into palladium-arene bonds by iodosylbenzene

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(95)05476-6

The regiospecific hydroxylation of the naphthyl ring at the C(2) position of unsymmetrical 1-(phenylazo)naphthalene 1 was achieved via oxygen atom insertion into the palladium-naphthyl bond of 2 with iodosylbenzene, followed by demetallation.The insertion