Reagent for detection of sulfhydryl groups in proteins2-Iodobenzoic acid acts as a precursor in the preparation of 2-Iodoxybenzoic acid (IBX) and Dess-Martin periodinane, which finds application as an oxidizing agent in synthetic chemistry. It is also used in Suzuki reaction.
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Applications
Reagent for detection of sulfhydryl groups in proteins2-Iodobenzoic acid acts as a precursor in the preparation of 2-Iodoxybenzoic acid (IBX) and Dess-Martin periodinane, which finds application as an oxidizing agent in synthetic chemistry. It is also used in Suzuki reaction.
Solubility
Soluble in dimethyl sulfoxide and methanol
Notes
Incompatible with oxidizing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Can be used to protect alcohols as their 2-iodobenzoates by DCC coupling. The group is removed by oxidation with chlorine under basic conditions: Tetrahedron Lett., 28, 5005 (1987).
- In the presence of Tetrakis(triphenyl phosphine) palladium(0) , 10548 , and zinc chloride, undergoes cyclization with terminal acetylenes to give isocoumarins: J. Org. Chem., 60, 3711 (1995):
- For related reactions, see 4,4-Dimethyl-2-pentyne, L10210 , 2-Iodoaniline, A13059 and 2-Iodophenol, A13599 .
- Dang, Y.; Qu, S.; Nelson, J. W.; Pham, H. D.; Wang, Z. X.; Wang, X. The Mechanism of a Ligand-Promoted C(sp3)-H Activation and Arylation Reaction via Palladium Catalysis: Theoretical Demonstration of a Pd(II)/Pd(IV) Redox Manifold. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137 (5), 2006-2014.
- Yoshimura, A.; Nguyen, K. C.; Klasen, S. C.; Saito, A.; Nemykin, V. N.; Zhdankin, V. V. Preparation, structure, and versatile reactivity of pseudocyclic benziodoxole triflate, new hypervalent iodine reagent. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51 (37), 7835-7838.