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[Reaction: see text] The elusive oxidative amidation of phenols to 4-aza-substituted dienones in the bimolecular mode may be achieved by treatment with iodobenzene diacetate ("DIB") in a mixture of hexafluoro-2-propanol and acetonitrile.
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Canesi et al. (2004) studied this question.