this is fantastic!
step 1. turn a 2-iodobenzoic acid ester into the corresponding ibx ester with bleach
step 2. benzyl alcohol -> benzaldehyde 100%
step 3. lots and lots of other oxidations.
here are the gooodies.
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Preparation and structure of 2-iodoxybenzoate esters: soluble and stable periodinane oxidizing reagents
V.V. Zhdankin, D.N. Litvinov, A.Y. Koposov, T. Luu, M.J. Ferguson, R. McDonald, R.R. Tykwinski
Chem. Commun.,(1), 106-107 (2004), DOI:10.1039/b312961f (http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b312961f)
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Abstract
Esters of 2-iodoxybenzoic acid (IBX-esters) are potentially valuable oxidizing reagents belonging to a new class of pentavalent iodine compounds with a pseudo benziodoxole structure.
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Supplementary Data (Microsoft Word format, 117 KB): Synthetic and characterization data for all new compounds (http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b3/b312961f/b312961f.doc)
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