The preparation, structure, and chemistry of hypervalent iodine compounds are reviewed
with emphasis on their synthetic application. Compounds of iodine possess reactivity similar …

This Review summarizes the development of catalytic asymmetric dearomatization (CADA)
reactions. The CADA reactions discussed herein include oxidative dearomatization …

Asymmetric organocatalytic oxidations have been witnessed to an impressive development
in the last years thanks to the establishment of important chiral hypervalent iodines (III/V) …

This review summarizes the recent advances in the field of asymmetric dearomatization of
phenols and their applications in the total synthesis of some complex natural products. The …

Biobased materials, derived from biomass building blocks, are essential in the pursuit of
sustainable materials. Eugenol, a natural phenol obtained from clove oil, but also from lignin …

Chiral aryliodine (III) reagents have provided an advanced concept for enantioselective
synthesis and catalysis. With the advent of chiral iodine (I/III) catalysis, many different …

Covering: 2008–2010 This report describes the recent applications of hypervalent iodine
reagents in the total synthesis of natural products. The large diversity of high-yielding and …

Organohypervalent iodine reagents have attracted significant recent interest as versatile and
environmentally benign oxidants with numerous applications in organic synthesis. This …

The selective demethylation of aryl methyl ethers is a reaction of high relevance both in the
context of deprotection in organic syntheses as well as in the modification of lignin and lignin …

As a powerful tool, the dearomatization of phenols has been explored extensively and
utilized by organic chemists during the course of complex syntheses. This review highlights …