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Iodine chooses: A conformationally flexible C2-symmetric organoiodine(III) catalyst for the highly enantioselective catalytic oxidative dearomatization of phenols has been developed. Catalysis is controlled by intramolecular hydrogen-bonding interactions and additional achiral alcohols.
Uyanik et al. (Fri,) studied this question.