Affiliation: | 1. Departamento de Química, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (Cinvestav), Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508 San Pedro Zacatenco, 07360 Ciudad de México, México;2. Departamento de Química, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (Cinvestav), Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508 San Pedro Zacatenco, 07360 Ciudad de México, México Contribution: Data curation (equal), Supervision (supporting), Writing - original draft (supporting);3. Departamento de Química, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (Cinvestav), Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508 San Pedro Zacatenco, 07360 Ciudad de México, México Contribution: Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Writing - original draft (supporting) |
Abstract: | This review provides a comprehensive overview of strategies and methodologies for reducing C−O and heteroatomic−oxygen bonds (N−O, S−O, P−O) using I2/I−, as well as other synthetically relevant bonds such as C−C, N−N, C−N, C−X, C−S. It highlights and discusses most of the mechanistic details provided by the original authors. Selected examples of other halides (Br and Cl) as reductants are also covered. |