Sterically Demanding Unsymmetrical Diaryl‐λ3‐iodanes for Electrophilic Pentafluorophenylation and an Approach to α‐Pentafluorophenyl Carbonyl Compounds with an All‐Carbon Stereocenter

Abstract

AbstractInvited for this months cover is the group of Professor Norio Shibata. The cover picture shows the Japanese painting “Genshi‐Chi” (“Primitive Land”) by Mami Shibata: our state‐of‐the‐art reagent for pentafluorophenylation is realized by the cooperation of the halogens fluorine and iodine—elements from the primitive Earth. For more details, see the Communication on 10.1002/open.201402045/full (( p. 233 ff.))