title: Umpolung of halide reactivity: efficient (diacetoxyiodo)benzene-mediated electrophilic alpha-halogenation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds.
abstract: An efficient high-yielding (diacetoxyiodo)benzene-mediated alpha-halogenation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds utilising titanium tetrahalides as the halide source has been developed.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 04, Ireland.
authors.forename: Ramulu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Akula
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Galligan
authors.forename: Hasim
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ibrahim