Synthesis, Characterization, and Reaction of a Both Inter- and Intramolecularly Coordinated Pseudocyclic Iodosylbenzene-Trifluoroacetic Acid Complexes

An ortho-substituted ether-oxygen-coordinated pseudocyclic iodosylbenzene-trifluoroacetic acid (pcISB-TFA) complex was synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallographic analysis. TFA suppresses the disproportionation by both coordination of the oxygen atom to the iodine(III) center through secondary bonding and by hydrogen bonding to the oxygen anion. This bench-stable reagent is highly soluble in common organic solvents and reacts with various organic substrates under mild reaction conditions to give the corresponding products in good yields.