Trimethylsilyl nucleophiles (Me3SiNu), with silicon atoms attached to carbon, nitrogen,
oxygen, or sulfur atoms, have long been recognized as effective alternatives for proton …

Iodine has been attracting much attention since its discovery in 1811. It is the weakest
oxidizer among the halogens and a poor electrophile that often needs the assistance of a …

A simple, inexpensive and efficient one-pot synthesis of 1, 4-dihydropyridine derivatives at
room temperature using catalytic amount of iodine were reported with excellent product …

The synthetic use of molecular iodine is described. Iodine is a universal oxidizing agent,
especially for the oxidation of alcohols and aldehydes to esters, nitriles and amides. Further …

Various biologically important quinoxaline derivatives were efficiently synthesized in
excellent yields using inexpensive, nontoxic, and readily available bench top chemical …

Molecular iodine: a highly efficient catalyst in the synthesis of quinolines via Friedländer
annulation - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/B514635F …

Isatin reacts smoothly with indoles in the presence of a catalytic amount of molecular iodine
under mild conditions to afford a novel class of di (indolyl) indolin-2-one derivatives in good …

An easy and efficient method to generate indolyl nitroalkane and pyrrolyl nitroalkane in high
yields using β-nitrostyrene and indole/pyrrole at room temperature in the presence of …

Allyl cyanides are found to add across alkynes in the presence of a nickel/P (4-CF3− C6H4)
3 catalyst to give polysubstituted 2, 5-hexadienenitriles with defined stereo-and …

Organic azides are known and utilized in the synthetic organic chemistry as amine
precursors, potential sources of nitrenes, dipoles useful in 1, 3-dipolar cycloadditions and …