Experimental Electrochemical Potentials of Iodine(III) Reagents

Abstract

We report the electrochemical reduction potentials of a library of 50 iodine(III) reagents, including cyclic alkynyl-, vinyl-, aryl-, cyano-, and trifluoromethyl- and azidobenziodoxol(on)es and several linear iodonium salts, which are measured by cyclic voltammetry in acetonitrile and tetrahydrofuran as solvents.

Keywords

Electrochemical potentials - Iodine(III) - Ethynylbenziodoxol(on)e - Vinylbenziodoxol(on)e - Cyanobenziodoxol(on)e - Azidobenziodoxol(on)e - Togni reagent

Publication History

Received: 25 April 2025

Accepted after revision: 07 July 2025

Accepted Manuscript online:
07 July 2025

Article published online:
12 August 2025

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