Hypervalent iodine in carbon-carbon bond forming reactions. A new reaction of hypervalent iodine compounds and organolithium reagents

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)81987-6

Hypervalent iodine compounds react with organolithium reagents instantaneously even at -80°C resulting in the formation of hydrocarbons. Our findings indicate that the carbon-carbon bond formation is the result of ligand exchange and second displacement on the carbon bonded to iodine.