@article{pittir20676,
          volume = {15},
          number = {9},
           month = {May},
          author = {T Kawamoto and T Okada and DP Curran and I Ryu},
           title = {Efficient hydroxymethylation reactions of iodoarenes using CO and 1,3-dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene borane},
         journal = {Organic Letters},
           pages = {2144 -- 2147},
            year = {2013},
             url = {http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/20676/},
        abstract = {A hydroxymethylation reaction of a variety of iodoarenes proceeded effectively in the presence of CO, NHC-borane, diMeImd-BH3 (2) as a radical mediator, and a catalytic amount of AIBN. The reaction took place chemoselectively at the aryl-iodine bond but not at the aryl-bromine and aryl-chlorine bonds. A three-component coupling reaction comprising aryl iodides, CO, and electron-deficient alkenes also proceeded well to give unsymmetrical ketones in good yields. Control experiments show that 2 would act as a hydrogen donor to acyl radicals and iodinated NHC-borane as a reducing agent of aldehydes. {\copyright} 2013 American Chemical Society.}
}