Difunctionalization of alkenes with iodine and tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) at room temperature for the synthesis of 1-(tert-butylperoxy)-2-iodoethanes

• Hao Wang,
• Cui Chen,
• Weibing Liu and
• Zhibo Zhu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2023–2027, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.200

• applications and allow further chemical modifications, enabling the preparation of synthetically valuable molecules. Keywords: difunctionalization of alkenesiodine; iodination–peroxidation reaction; TBHP; Introduction Alkenes have attracted considerable interest in recent years as abundant, simple chemical