| Title:  Iodosobenzene CAS Registry Number:  536-80-1 CAS Name:  Iodosylbenzene Additional Names:  PhIO Molecular Formula:  C6H5IO Molecular Weight:  220.01 Percent Composition:  C 32.75%, H 2.29%, I 57.68%, O 7.27% Literature References:  Versatile oxidizing agent.  Prepn:  C. Willgerodt, Ber. 26, 357 (1893).  Synthesis:  H. Saltzman, J. G. Sharefkin, Org. Synth. 5, 658 (1973).  Mechanistic study:  R. M. Moriarty et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 103, 686 (1981).  Use as oxidant:  S. Mukerjee  et al., ibid. 119, 8097 (1997); G. Mielniczak, A. Lopusinski, Synlett 2001, 505; as mediator:  P. Dauban et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123, 7707 (2001); C.-C. Guo et al., Appl. Catal. A 230, 53 (2002).  Brief review:  A. Minatti, Synlett 2003, 140-141. Properties:  Yellowish amorphous powder. Explosive if heated to 210° due to disproportion into phenyliodide and iodylbenzene. Use:  Oxygen transfer reagent for stiochiometric or catalytic cross-functionalization of alkenes, alcohols, sulfides, and organometallo compds.  |