Zwitterionic iodonium compounds, ZICs, a major class of hypervalent iodine compounds, are flexible units that offer access to interesting structures. This Account focuses on the synthetic applications of iodonium phenolates, ylides of hydroxycoumarins and, mainly, ylides of hydroxyquinones.
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Spyroudis et al. (2008) studied this question.