Unexpected dehomologation of primary alcohols to one-carbon shorter carboxylic acids using o-iodoxybenzoic acid (IBX)

Shu Xu, Kaori Itto, Masahide Satoh, Hirokazu Arimoto

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Abstract

A novel and efficient transformation of primary alcohols to one-carbon shorter carboxylic acids using IBX is reported. Mechanistic studies revealed that the combination of IBX and molecular iodine produces a different active hypervalent iodine species.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2758-2761
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume50
Issue number21
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014 Feb 13

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