Abstract:
Both hypervalent organoiodine(III) compounds and boronic acids/esters are non-toxic and
considered as environment-friendly compounds and
have had a remarkable impact on the field of synthetic organic chemistry. Numerous transformations
have been carried out using hypervalent organoiodine(III) or boronic acids/esters – taken separately –
with other reactants, but transformations with these
two reagents taken together are comparatively less
well reported. In this mini-review, diverse reactions
carried out with these two substrates in the presence
of each other, have been discussed. Various functionalizations of boronic compounds, promoted by hypervalent organoiodine(III) reagents, both in the presence and absence of transition metals, have been reviewed. Different metal-free iodine(III)–boron exchange reactions providing iodonium salts, various
ipso transformations of boronic acids/esters and
metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of boronic
compounds with hypervalent organoiodine(III) reagents are the prime focal areas of this article. Mechanistic aspects for certain reactions have also been
delineated
