title: Ortho-substituted iodobenzenes as novel organocatalysts for bromination of alkenes.
abstract: Suitably ortho-substituted iodobenzenes act as organocatalysts for the transfer of electrophilic bromine from N-bromosuccinimide to alkenes via the intermediacy of bromoiodinanes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London, UKSW7 2AZ. c.braddock@imperial.ac.uk
authors.forename: D Christopher
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Braddock
authors.forename: Gemma
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cansell
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Hermitage
mesh_terms: D000475:Alkenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D001974:Bromosuccinimide / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D007462:Iodobenzenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000475:Alkenes; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D001974:Bromosuccinimide