Syntheses of (diacetoxyiodo)arenes or iodylarenes from iodoarenes, with sodium periodate as the oxidant

Article abstract of DOI:10.3390/61100881

Easy, safe, and effective novel methods for preparing either (diacetoxyiodo)-(arenes, ArI(OAc)₂, or iodylarenes, ArIO₂, from the corresponding iodoarenes, ArI, using sodium periodate as the oxidant are presented in this paper. In order to obtain 2- and 4-iodylbenzoic acids, the respective sodium salts of 2- and 4-iodobenzoic acids should be used as the starting substrates, because mixtures containing the corresponding iodosyl derivatives as the main products along with the intended iodyl compounds are produced from the free parent acids.

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Syntheses of (Diacetoxyiodo)arenes or Iodylarenes from
Iodoarenes, with Sodium Periodate as the Oxidant†
Pawel Kazmierczak, Lech Skulski* and Lukasz Kraszkiewicz
Chair and Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University, Banacha 1, PL
02-097 Warsaw, Poland
†
This paper was presented at the Fifth Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry
(ECSOC-5), September 1-30, 2001 (Paper A0005).
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; Tel/Fax: +48(22)8226843; e-mail:
lskulski@farm.amwaw.edu.pl
Received: 27 September 2001; in revised form 11 October 2001 / Accepted: 12 October 2001 /
Published: 31October 2001
Abstract. - Easy, safe, and effective novel methods for preparing either (diacetoxyiodo)-
arenes, ArI(OAc)2, or iodylarenes, ArIO2, from the corresponding iodoarenes, ArI, using
sodium periodate as the oxidant are presented in this paper. In order to obtain 2- and 4-
iodylbenzoic acids, the respective sodium salts of 2- and 4-iodobenzoic acids should be
used as the starting substrates, because mixtures containing the corresponding iodosyl
derivatives as the main products along with the intended iodyl compounds are produced
from the free parent acids.
Keywords: (Diacetoxyiodo)arenes, iodylarenes, iodoarenes, sodium periodate as oxidant

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Introduction
(Diacetoxyiodo)arenes, ArI(OAc)2, and in particular the parent compound (diacetoxyiodo)benzene,
PhI(OAc)2, have been known for a long time [1-5]. They are potent, often chemoselective, oxidizing
agents. They are also used for the facile syntheses of, for example, [bis(trifluoroacetoxy)iodo]arenes or
[hydroxy(tosyloxy)iodo]arenes (as selective oxidants), and aromatic iodonium salts (as arylating
reagents) [2-6]. There are several preparative methods for these compounds. So far, the substrates used
have generally been [2-5]: (i) iodosylarenes dissolved in glacial acetic acid; (ii) (dichloroiodo)arenes
in which chloride is exchanged by acetoxy groups coming either from silver, lead(II) or sodium
acetate, or from acetic acid in the presence of mercury(II) oxide in chlorinated solvents; (iii)
iodoarenes which are oxidized in warm glacial acetic acid by either peracetic acid [5], sodium
perborate [7], or chromium(VI) oxide (this last work accomplished in our laboratory) [8], or
electrolytically [3, 4]. The standard, and most general, method for the synthesis of ArI(OAc)2 (the
oxidative diacetoxylation of iodoarenes by warm peracetic acid solution) is, in fact, a very prolonged
reaction (12-16 h), and the utmost care should be taken to exactly maintain the temperature required
(40o C) [5]. The ArI(OAc)2 are generally crystalline compounds, fairly stable in the air, which may be
stored for long periods by avoiding light; the same is true in respect to the iodylarenes, ArIO2, which
are discussed below, but it should be noted that the melting points of many ArIO2 are, in fact, their
decomposition points, often accompanied by explosion (see Table 2).
The first organic compound of iodine (V), iodylbenzene, PhIO2, was prepared by Willgerodt 101
years ago [1]. Since then various iodylarenes, ArIO2, have been reported [1, 3-5]. For a long time
rather very few ArIO2 have been used as useful oxidants in organic synthesis. Their former limited
applications were mostly due to their polymeric nature, which makes them insoluble in most ordinary
solvents, except water. Moreover, they should always be handled with care, since violent
decomposition of several ArIO2 can been induced e.g. by scraping them with a spatula, on heating
above 200oC, and also upon impact. However, since ca. 1980 a quickly growing importance in modern
organic synthesis of PhIO2, 3-iodylbenzoic acid, 4-(t-butyl)iodylbenzene, "2-iodylbenzoic acid"
[which, in fact, has a cyclic structure, i.e. 1-hydroxy-1,2-benziodoxol-3(1H)-one 1-oxide], and
particularly its more safe triacetoxy derivative, named the Dess-Martin reagent [1,1,1-triacetoxy-1,2-
benziodoxol-3(1H)-one] has been reported in numerous papers [3-6, 9]. They are commonly used as
moderate and very selective oxidants. ArIO2 are also useful in the preparation of diaryliodonium salts.
In the last short review [9] the opinion has been put forward that "2-iodylbenzoic acid" and the
corresponding Dess-Martin reagent may, most satisfactorily, be prepared as illustrated in Scheme 1.
Sharefkin and Saltzman [10] and more recently Indian chemists [11] have briefly reviewed all the
previously reported oxidative methods for preparing ArIO2 from either the corresponding ArI, ArICl2,
or ArIO. In their review [11] the latter authors provided the following critical assessment: “The
reported methods of Lucas and Kennedy [12] (i.e. by the thermal disproportionation of ArIO to ArIO2
and ArI) for the preparation of PhIO2 from PhIO proved to be lenghty and irksome in our hands while
that of Sharefkin and Saltzman [10] was neither economical nor free of danger for the use of
commercial 40% peracetic acid, though the yield of the desired PhIO2 (obtained there from PhI) in this
single step reaction was excellent" (72-82%).

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Scheme 1
Oxone/H2O, 70oC, 2h
79-81%
HO
O
I
I
O
KBrO3/H2SO4
93%
COOH
O
OAc
AcO
OAc
I
Ac2O, 0.5% TsOH, 90oC, 2h
91%
O
O
The Indian chemists [11] oxidized several ArI using KBrO3 under strongly acidic conditions,
which afforded the respective ArIO2 in 46-96% yields. In 1993, a two-phase method was reported [13],
involving the direct oxidation of ArI using aqueous hypochlorite and a phase transfer catalyst,
-
Bu4N+HSO4 . Italian chemists [14] instead used Oxone® to oxidize 2-iodobenzoic acid to "2-iodyl-
benzoic acid", and they criticized the "classic" KBrO3/H2SO4 procedure [11] as follows: “The KBrO3-
based oxidation methods are unappealing for the user in that the reaction is performed in hot aqueous
H2SO4 (0.73 M), KBrO3 is classified as a carcinogen (R-45) in the international classification of
substance toxicity, and obnoxious bromine vapors are copiously evolved (62 g/mol of “2-iodyl-
benzoic acid”) from the reaction mixture, with personal and environmental contamination risk. Still,
incomplete oxidation of 2-iodobenzoic acid is not totally avoided and recovered “2-iodylbenzoic acid”
is contaminated with variable amounts of less-oxidized precursors”. They prepared several batches of
”2-iodylbenzoic acid” using the "classic" Indian method [11]. The purity of this reagent varied
between 90 and 95%, the major contaminants being 2-iodobenzoic acid (1- 3%) and “2-iodosylbenzoic
acid” (5-10%). It was also suggested that the explosive properties of some samples of "2-iodylbenzoic
acid" were due to the presence of bromate or other impurities.
Results and Discussion
Previously, we have devised in our laboratory [8] a simple, two-step conversion of various ArI to
ArI(OAc)2 in the anhydrous CrO3/AcOH/Ac2O/conc.H2SO4 liquid system, followed by mixing with
excess 20% aqueous ammonium acetate solution which afforded, after purification, ArI(OAc)2 in 58-
82% yields. PhI(OAc)2, for example, was prepared from PhI in 79% yield. This procedure is 8-16
times faster and ca. 5 times less expensive than the method of McKillop and Kemp [7]. However, this
method is hardly applicable for iodotoluenes [4-MeC6H4I(OAc)2 was obtained from 4-MeC6H4I in
only 20% yield], while iodoanisoles were quickly oxidized in the reaction mixtures, with the evolution
of iodine vapors, and the formation of tarry products. In our present work we have developed a quick
and efficient oxidative method, which allows us to obtain also the respective pure ArI(OAc)2 from ArI
substituted with the methyl or methoxy group (Table 1) - hence this complements nicely our former
procedure [8]. The essence of our novel method is described in Scheme 2.

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Scheme 2
I
Ac2O
+
NaIO4
+
R
AcOH/Ac2O/AcONa
reflux, 2h
I(OAc)2
+
NaIO3
45-77%
R
R = H, 4-F, 4-Br, Cl (three isomers), Me (three isomers), OMe (three isomers).
The above oxidative reactions were carried out in boiling, anhydrous binary AcOH/Ac2O mixtures.
The presence of sodium acetate (in stoichiometric quantities) in the reaction mixtures was
indispensable - without its addition the oxidation reactions did not proceed; when sodium acetate was
replaced by pyridine, then the final yields of ArI(OAc)2 were lowered by ca. 10-20%. After completing
the oxidative reactions, the reaction mixtures were poured into water, the collected solids were washed
and air-dried in the dark, and were recrystallized from ethyl acetate admixtured with acetic anhydride
to reacetylate the partly hydrolyzed crude products (cf. Ref. [8]). After cooling, excess hexane was
added to improve the crystallization yields (Table 1). The parent pure PhI(OAc)2 was obtained from
PhI in 73% yield, the other yields are given in Table 1. This method is not applicable for ArI
substituted with strong electron-withdrawing groups. The purities of the purified products, ArI(OAc)2,
were checked by mixed melting points with authentic specimens as well as with 1H-NMR spectra and
elemental analyses. For more details see Experimental and Table 1.
The heterophasic reactions of various iodoarenes (Table 2) suspended in vigorously stirred boiling
aqueous sodium periodate solutions proceeded smoothly within 8-16 hours to give the corresponding
colorless iodylarenes in 58-91% crude yields (Scheme 3):
Scheme 3
I + 2 NaIO4
R
H2O
reflux, 8-16h
IO2
+ 2 NaIO3
58-91% (crude yields)
R
R = H, 4-OMe, Me (three isomers), 4-F, 3- and 4-Cl, 4-Br, 3- and 4-NO2, 3-COOH,
2- and 4-COONa (see below for explanation).

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When the above reactions were completed, the reaction mixtures were diluted with ice water. The
collected precipitates were washed on the filter with cold water, followed by CHCl3 or acetone (to
remove the unreacted ArI), and then air-dried in the dark. Iodometric titrations [15] showed that our
crude ArIO2 had 98-99% purity, hence they may be used directly in various subsequent reactions.
These crude products did not oxidize KI in a saturated sodium borate solution (a reaction which
differentiates iodosyl compounds from iodyl compounds [15]). Small samples of the crude products
were recrystallized from boiling water to give the analytical specimens, whose melting/detonation
points were close to those reported in the literature (Table 2). Their IR solid spectra displayed the
characteristic frequencies for ArIO2, in the spectral region 710-800 cm-1 [3, 11].
The reaction mixtures discussed above were nearly neutral. When they were made alkaline by the
addition of an aqueous NaOH, the unreactive Na3H2IO6 precipitated out, and the reactions did not
proceed. Negative results were also obtained, when NaIO4 was replaced for NaIO3 as the oxidant
under the same reaction conditions. 3-Iodobenzoic acid gave 3-iodylbenzoic acid without problem in
boiling aqueous NaIO4 solution (Table 2). But 2- and 4-iodobenzoic acids gave mainly either cyclic
“2-iodosylbenzoic acid“ [i.e. 1-hydroxy-1,2-benziodoxol-3(1H)-one] in 76% crude yield, or 4-
iodosylbenzoic acid in ca. 84% crude yield. Iodometric titrations [15] showed that the crude cyclic “2-
iodosylbenzoic acid” was only slightly admixtured with the iodyl derivative (ca. 5%), while the crude
4-iodosylbenzoic acid contained ca. 40-50% of the corresponding iodyl derivative. However, when the
sodium salts of the two acids (prepared in situ, see Experimental) were reacted as above with boiling
aqueous NaIO4 solutions, then this resulted in the formation of either the cyclic “2-iodylbenzoic acid”
(vide supra) in 71% crude yield, or 4-iodylbenzoic acid in 88% crude yield. Iodometric titrations [15]
showed that they were 98-99% pure. After recrystallizations from boiling water, their chemical
structures were supported analytically, spectrally (IR), and by their characteristic melting/detonation
points. In our opinion, these two crude products may also be used directly in many subsequent
reactions, because they have a satisfactory purity.
The proposed multistage mechanism of converting iodoarenes to iodylarenes, with using NaIO4 as
the oxidant in boiling water, would be as follows:
Scheme 4
2 ArI + 2 NaIO4 (in boiling water)
2 ArIO (in boiling water)
2 ArIO + 2 NaIO3
ArIO2 (stable product) + ArI, etc.
.ArI + 2 NaIO4
ArIO2 + 2 NaIO3
In the course of the above reactions (Scheme 3), at first some yellowish colored solids were
observed to copiously precipitate out (their color being characteristic of ArIO), which were then
gradually transformed into the final colorless products, ArIO2. It is known [1, 3-5] that thermally
unstable ArIO cannot be recrystallized from hot or boiling water, in contrast to ArIO2, since they

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readily disproportionate as follows [1, 12]: 2ArIO → ArIO2 + ArI. However, when 2-iodobenzoic acid
was oxidized with NaIO4 in boiling water, then the formed 2-OIC6H4COOH would momentarily
transform into its cyclic (and fairly thermostable) desmotropic form, 1-hydroxy-1,2-benziodoxol-
3(1H)-one, and its subsequent thermal disproportionation was hardly possible; this was not the case
when sodium 2-iodobenzoate (and sodium 4-iodobenzoate) was oxidized with NaIO4 in boiling water
(see Experimental). From the above it is seen that NaIO4 used as the oxidant either in boiling
AcOH/Ac2O/AcONa solutions (Scheme 2) or in boiling water (Schemes 3 and 4) does, in fact, oxidize
the iodine atoms in iodoarenes, ArI, to some iodine(III) intermediates, which in the subsequent
reactions gave the desired final products, viz. ArI(OAc)2 (Scheme 2) or ArIO2 (Scheme 3) in good
yields. As previously seen [16], in our present work the successful use of sodium periodate as the
oxidant also resulted in easy, safe, and effective preparations of twelve ArI(OAc)2 (Table 1) and
fourteen ArIO2 (Table 2) from the respective ArI. The oxidative reactions of ArI proceeded smoothly
under the conditions given in Experimental, and this positively extends the organic chemistry of
polyvalent iodine compounds. Our novel method for preparing ArI(OAc)2 from iodotoluenes and
iodoanisoles nicely complements our former method [8]. Also, our novel method for preparing ArIO2
from ArI seems to be interesting, because taking both into account the safety aspects as well as good
yields and satisfactory purities (98-99%) of the crude iodyl compounds obtained by us, this may
compete in full with the "classic" results attained formerly by the Indian chemists [11] and their
followers (see references in Ref. 14). Our present paper also extends, very interestingly, the known
[16] oxidative applicability of NaIO4 in organic synthesis.
Note
Our preliminary results were presented at the 3rd Symposium on Iodine Utilization, Chiba (Japan),
November 24-25, 2000 [18]. They are also related in our latest review: "Organic Iodine (I, III, and V)
Chemistry: 10 Years of Development at the Medical University of Warsaw, Poland" [19].
Experimental
General
1
The starting commercial iodoarenes, ArI, were freshly purified prior to use. H-NMR solution
spectra of pure (diacetoxyiodo)arenes (Table 1) were taken with a Tesla (100 MHz) spectrometer,
while solid IR spectra of iodylarenes (Table 2) were taken with a Perkin-Elmer spectrophotometer.
Microanalyses were carried out at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, the Polish Academy of Sciences,
Warsaw.
(Diacetoxyiodo)arenes: General Procedure
NaIO4 (2.20 g, 10.3 mmol; 3% excess) and AcONa (1.8 g, 22 mmol) were suspended in a stirred
mixture of glacial AcOH (15 mL) with Ac2O (1.5 mL). An appropriate iodoarene (10 mmol) was

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added, and the mixture was stirred and boiled under a reflux condenser for 2 h, cooled to r. t., and next
poured into water (50 mL). The precipitates (unless otherwise stated below) were collected by
filtration, washed thoroughly with 10% aq. AcOH (2 x 10 mL) [17] to remove possibly all soluble
impurities, and air-dried in the dark. The yellowish crude products were recrystallized from
EtOAc/Ac2O (9:1, v/v). After short boiling, the yellowish solutions faded (cf. Ref. 8) and, after
cooling, hexane was added in excess (Table 1) with stirring. After 30 min, the crystals were collected
by filtration, washed with hexane and air-dried in the dark. See Table 1 for more details.
Table 1. Preparative details, melting points (uncorrected) and 1H-NMR solution
spectra of the purified (diacetoxyiodo)arenes obtained.a)
Crystallization Yield Mp
Lit, mp
(oC)
1H-NMR (CDCl3/TMS)
Rb)
solventc)
(%)
73
(oC)
δ (ppm)
H
B
A
B
B
C
C
161-63 161.1-162.2 [20] 2.01 (s, 6H, MeCO2), 7.45-8.13 (m, 5H, ArH).
180-82 177.0-179.8 [20] 2.01 (s, 6H, MeCO2), 7.12-8.14 (sym. m, 4H, ArH).
4-F
71
2-Cl
3-Cl
4-Cl
4-Br
45
140-42 140-142 [8]
2.00 (s, 6H, MeCO2), 7.32-8.27 (m, 4H, ArH).
68
156-58 153.1-154.7 [20] 2.02 (s, 6H, MeCO2), 7.41-8.10 (m, 4H, ArH).
114-16 109.8-113.2 [20] 2.01 (s, 6H, MeCO2), 7.43-8.06 (sym. m, 4H, ArH).
69
50
120-22 120-122 [8]
2.01 (s, 6H, MeCO2), 7.59-7.99 (sym. m, 4H, ArH).
2.00 (s, 6H, MeCO2), 2,75 (s, 3H, Me), 7.45-8.20 (m,
4H, ArH).
2-Me
3-Me
C
B
B
B
C
D
64
71
77
65
74
73
140-42 140-142 [21]
2.02 (s, 6H, MeCO2), 2.44 (s, 3H, Me), 7.35-8.00 (m,
4H, ArH).
153-55 154 [22]
2.00 (s, 6H, MeCO2), 2.47 (s, 3H, Me), 7.25-8.03 (sym.
m, 4H, ArH).
4-Me
108-10 106-110 [20]
147-49 146.9-150.1 [20]
133-35 not reported
88-90 92.4-96.0 [20]
1.99 (s, 6H, MeCO2), 4.00 (s, 3H, OMe), 6.92-8.18 (m,
4H, ArH).
2-OMe
3-OMe
4-OMe
2.02 (s, 6H, MeCO2), 3.90 (s, 3H, OMe), 7.03-7.70 (m,
4H, ArH).
2.00 (s, 6H, MeCO2), 3.87 (s, 3H, OMe), 6.90-8.07
(sym. m, 4H, ArH).
a) Satisfactory microanalyses (%I ± 0.3) obtained for all pure products. b) See Scheme 2 for the explanation. c)
Solvent A: EtOAc/hexane (1:1); Solvent B: EtOAc/hexane (1:2); Solvent C: EtOAc/hexane (1:3); Solvent D:
EtOAc/hexane (1:4); the EtOAc used was admixtured with Ac2O (9:1, v/v). See Experimental for details.
Note. The oily or semisolid crude 4-ClC6H4I(OAc)2, 4-MeC6H4I(OAc)2, and 4-MeOC6H4I(OAc)2 were
extracted with CH2Cl2 (3 x 10 mL). The collected extracts were dried (Na2SO4), the solvent was
distilled off under reduced presure, and the residues were triturated with hexane (15 mL) until they
solidified. The solids were collected by filtration, washed with hexane, and air-dried in the dark. Next,
they were recrystallized as above to give the pure products (Table 1).

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Iodylarenes: General Procedure
NaIO4 (4.70 g, 22 mmol; 10% excess) was suspended in water (20 mL). An appropriate iodoarene
(10 mmol) was added with stirring; for ArI which are steam-volatile, 0.1-0.3 mL of toluene was also
added to prevent their accumulation in the reflux condenser. The mixtures were vigorously stirred and
refluxed for 8-16 h (Table 2). Next, ice water (50 mL) was added with stirring, and the temperature
was lowered to r.t. The crude products were collected by filtration, washed with cold water (2 x 10
mL) and CHCl3 or Me2CO (3 x 10 mL) to remove the unreacted ArI and PhMe, and air-dried in the
dark; the crude yields are given in Table 2. Small crude samples were recrystallized from boiling water
to give the analytically pure products. For 2- and 4-iodobenzoic acids, their sodium salts (10 mmol)
should be used instead of the parent acids to obtain the respective iodylbenzoic acids (see below).
Table 2. Preparative details, melting points (uncorrected) and IR
solid spectra of the purified iodylarenes obtained.a)
Crude
Time
(h)
Mp
(oC)
Lit. mp
(oC)
IR spectra (KBr)
(cm-1)
Rb)
yield
(%)
86
H
4-OMe
2-Me
8
8
236 expl. 235 expl. [23] 771, 757, 745 (?), 731, 713 (IO2).
85
224 expl. 225 dec. [24] 2838 (sym. C-H), 1243 (C-O), 767, 740 (?), 713 (IO2).
8
61
209 expl. 208 [25]
767, 750, 740 (?), 714 (IO2).
3-Me
8
77
219 expl. 220 expl. [26] 775, 764, 744 (?), 722 (IO2).
226 expl. 229 dec. [27] 766, 741 (?), 717 (IO2).
4-Me
8
80
4-F
12
12
12
16
8
91
262 expl. 248 [28]
766, 742 (?), 713 (IO2)
3-Cl
75
232 expl. 233 expl. [29] 781, 764, 743 (?), 711 (IO2)
4-Cl
80
248 expl. 243 expl. [29] 771, 743 (?), 725, 715 (IO2).
4-Br
73
241 expl. 240 expl. [30] 771, 744 (?), 719 (IO2).
3-NO2
4-NO2
2-COOH
2-COONae)
3-COOH
4-COONae)
85
233 expl. 214 dec. [31] 1532 (asym. NO2), 1349 (sym. NO2), 763, 741 (?), 727, 707 (IO2).
230 expl. 215 dec. [31] 1530 (asym. NO2), 1351 (sym. NO2), 771, 747 (?), 734, 721 (IO2).
16
12
12
12
16
58
76c) 260 dec. 234 dec. [25] 1608 (C=O), 741 (?)d)
71f) 231 expl. 233 dec. [18] 1634 (C=O), 778 (I-O), 746 (?).
89g) 250 dec. 243 expl. [32] 1686 (C=O), 760, 745 (?), 734, 715.
88h) 240 expl. 245 expl. [33] 1683 (C=O), 771, 752, 741 (?), 718.
a) Satisfactory microanalyses (%I ± 0.2) obtained for all pure products. b) See Scheme 3 for the explanation. c)
1-Hydroxy-1,2-benziodoxol-3(1H)-one, C7H5IO3, admixtured with ca. 5% of its 1-oxide derivative. For the pure
product: found: C, 31.9; H, 1.9; I, 48.3; calcd: C, 31.85; H, 1.91; I, 48.06. It readily oxidized KI in a saturated
aq. solution of sodium borate [15]. d) In our opinion, a band located at 740-747 cm-1 is due to a Ar-H (def.)
vibration. e) Sodium salts prepared in situ were used as the starting substrates; for more details see
Experimental. f) 1-Hydroxy-1,2-benziodoxol-3(1H)-one 1-oxide, C7H5IO4. For the pure product: found: C, 30.1;
H, 1.8; I, 45.3; calcd: C, 30.03; H, 1.80; I, 45.32. g) For the pure 3-iodylbenzoic acid, C7H5IO4: found: C, 29.9;

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H, 1.7; I, 45.4; calcd: C, 30.03; H, 1.80; I, 45.32. h) For the pure 4-iodylbenzoic acid, C7H5IO4: found: C, 30.0;
H, 1.8; I, 45.3; calcd: C, 30.03; H, 1.80; I, 45.32.
Preparation of “2-Iodylbenzoic acid”, i. e. 1-Hydroxy-1,2-benziodoxol-3(1H)-one-1-oxide:
2-Iodobenzoic acid (2.48 g, 10 mmol) was slowly added portionwise, with stirring, to a solution of
NaHCO3 (0.86 g, 10.2 mmol) in water (20 mL) (foaming!). Next, NaIO4 (4.70 g, 22 mmol; 10%
excess) was added, and the mixture was stirred and refluxed for 12 h. After cooling to r.t., this was
poured, with stirring, into water (50 mL) acidified with conc. (98%) H2SO4 (0.6 mL). The strongly
acidic mixture (Congo Red) was left at r.t. for 30 min. The white precipitate was collected by filtration,
washed thoroughly with cold water (2 x 10 mL) next with Me2CO to remove the unreacted 2-
HOOCC6H4I, and air-dried in the dark to give 71% crude yield. Small crude sample was recrystallized
from boiling water to give the analytically pure product. The same procedure is appropriate for the
preparation of 4-iodylbenzoic acid, obtained from 4-IC6H4COONa (10 mmol) in 88% crude yield.
These two crude products did not oxidize KI in a saturated sodium borate solution, a reaction which
differentiates iodosyl compounds from iodyl compounds [15].
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are available through MDPI, however, it must be noted that iodylarenes are generally hazardous
compounds, which may explode upon impact, by scratching them with a spatula, etc.
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