title: Relative Rate Profiles of Functionalized Iodoarene Catalysts for Iodine(III) Oxidations.
abstract: A series of rate studies were conducted to evaluate the steric and electronic properties that govern the reactivity of iodoarene amide catalysts in the α-oxytosylation of propiophenone. A meta-substituted benzamide catalyst emerged as the most reactive. This catalyst was employed in the α-oxytosylation of a series of substituted propiophenones, returning the α-tosyloxy ketone products in excellent isolated yield.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Clemson University , Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States.
authors.forename: Timothy R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Lex
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Clemson University , Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States.
authors.forename: Maria I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Swasy
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Clemson University , Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States.
authors.forename: Daniel C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Whitehead