The synthetic use of molecular iodine is described. Iodine is a universal oxidizing agent, especially for the oxidation of alcohols and aldehydes to esters, nitriles and amides. Further applications are the introduction of protecting groups, deprotection, iodocyclization, C-C bond formation, and formation of heterocycles.
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Togo et al. (2006) studied this question.