Rearrangement of phenylethenes on reaction with iodine-xenon difluoride
Phenyl-substituted ethenes react with iodine and xenon difluoride to provide difluorinated products. Iodofluoro intermediates react with xenon difluoride to produce transient iodine difluoride species that lose IF and F(-) and produce carbocations.
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Department of Chemistry, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois 62026, USA.
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