title: New reactions in water: metal-free conversion of alcohols and ketones into alpha-iodoketones.
abstract: Using water as the reaction medium, ketones can be transformed into alpha-iodoketones upon treatment with sodium iodide, hydrogen peroxide and an acid; interestingly, alpha-iodoketones can be also obtained from secondary alcohols through a metal-free tandem oxidation-iodination approach.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Química Organometálica Enrique Moles, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, 33006, Spain. barluenga@uniovi.es
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barluenga
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marco-Arias
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: González-Bobes
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ballesteros
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: González