title: Molecular iodine--an expedient reagent for oxidative aromatization reactions of alpha,beta-unsaturated cyclic compounds.
abstract: Prompted by the scant attention paid by published literature reviews to the applications of molecular iodine in oxidative aromatization reactions, we decided to review methods developed to-date involving iodine as an oxidant to promote aromatization of alpha,beta-unsaturated cyclic compounds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa, P.O. Box 392, Pretoria 0003, South Africa. mphahmj@unisa.ac.za
authors.forename: Malose Jack
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Mphahlele
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D003500:Cyclization; D007455:Iodine / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
chemical_list: D007455:Iodine