Synthesis of Ionic-Liquid-Supported Diaryliodonium Salts

The synthesis of ionic-liquid-supported diaryliodonium salts is described. The synthesis is simple and practical, and the ionic liquid products require no chromatographic purification. The ionic-liquid-supported diaryliodonium salts are quite stable, and they did not show any sign of decomposition or loss of reactivity, even after being stored for one month at 5 degrees C. The reactivity of these salts was explored in the phenylation of substituted phenols and carboxylic acids, and the corresponding diaryl ethers and aryl esters, respectively, were synthesized in good to excellent yields and with high purities.