Koser's Reagent Hydroxy(tosyloxy)iodobenzene (HTIB)

Koser's Reagent
Hydroxy(tosyloxy)iodobenzene (HTIB)

HTIB Is A Commercially Available Reagent For The Phenyliodination And Oxytosylation Of A Range Of Organic Substrates. For Examples, Ketones Give α-tosyloxyketones, Whereas Alkenes Form 1,2-ditosyloxyalkanes Via syn addition.

A Recently Reported Method Enables A Convenient Access To Koser's Reagent And Derivatives:


E. A. Merritt, V. M. T. Carneiro, L. F. Silva Jr., B. Olofsson, J. Org. Chem.201075, 7416-7419.54.


Recent Literature


Various α-tosyloxyketones Were Efficiently Prepared In High Yields From The Reaction Of Ketones With m-chloroperbenzoic Acid And p-toluenesulfonic Acid In The Presence Of A Catalytic Amount Of Iodobenzene.
Y. Yamamoto, H. Togo, Synlett2006, 798-800.


Various Ketones Could Be Reacted Into α-tosyloxy Ketones In The Presence Of MCPBA, PTSA•H2O, Catalytic Amounts Of Iodine And tert-butylbenzene In A Mixture Of Acetonitrile And 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol. In The Reaction, 4-tert-butyl-1-iodobenzene Is Formed At First And Then Converted Into The α-tosyloxylation Reagent 4-tert-butyl-1-[(hydroxy)(tosyloxy)iodo]benzene By The Reaction With MCPBA And PTSA•H2O.
A. Tanaka, K. Moriyama, H. Togo, Synlett2011, 1853-1854.


Enol Esters Were Rapidly Converted In High Yields To Their Corresponding α-tosyloxy Ketones In The Presence Of [hydroxy(tosyloxy)iodo]benzene (HTIB). Aromatic, Aliphatic, And Cyclic Enol Esters Were Found To Be Suitable Substrates For The Reaction.
B. Basdevant, C. Y. Legault, J. Org. Chem.201580, 6897-6902.


HTIB Mediates An Oxidative Transposition Of Vinyl Halides To Provide α-halo Ketones As Useful And Polyvalent Synthetic Precursors. Insights Into The Mechanism And An Enantioselective Transformation Are Reported Too.
A. Jobin-Des Lauriers, C. Y. Legault, Org. Lett.201618, 108-111.


Dehydrosulfurization Using A Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagent Enables A Simple And Efficient Preparation Of Symmetrical And Unsymmetrical Carbodiimides From The Corresponding Thioureas. The Oxidation Afforded Carbodiimides In Excellent Yields And High Selectivity. A Possible Mechanism For The Transformation Is Proposed.
C. Zhu, D. Xu, Y. Wei, Synthesis2011, 711-714.


Poly{[4-(hydroxy)(tosyloxy)iodo]styrene} Was Efficient In The Halotosyloxylation Reaction Of Alkynes With Iodine Or NBS Or NCS. The Polymer Reagent Could Be Regenerated And Reused.
J.-M. Chen, X. Huang, Synthesis2004, 1557-1558.


The Use Of Koser's Reagent Enables An Efficient Synthesis Of 3-tosyloxy-4-hydroxycoumarins Under Mild Conditions. The Reaction Tolerates Various Functional Groups.
B. Xu, Y. Gao, J. Han, Z. Xing, S. Zhao, Z. Zhang, R. Ren, L. Wang, J. Org. Chem.201984, 10136-10144.