10.1021/acs.joc.9b00769.s001 Keisuke Iida Keisuke Iida Shunsuke Ishida Shunsuke Ishida Takamichi Watanabe Takamichi Watanabe Takayoshi Arai Takayoshi Arai Disulfide-Catalyzed Iodination of Electron-Rich Aromatic Compounds American Chemical Society 2019 disulfide-catalyzed electrophilic iodination diiodo acetonitrile imidazole electron-rich Electron-Rich Aromatic Compounds Herein compound Lewis base acetanilide anisole iodination reaction pyrazole derivatives disulfide activates DIH Disulfide-Catalyzed Iodination 2019-04-25 00:00:00 Journal contribution https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Disulfide-Catalyzed_Iodination_of_Electron-Rich_Aromatic_Compounds/8143439 Herein, a disulfide-catalyzed electrophilic iodination of aromatic compounds using 1,3-diiodo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin (DIH) has been developed. The disulfide activates DIH as a Lewis base to promote the iodination reaction in acetonitrile under mild conditions. This system is applicable to a wide range of electron-rich aromatic compounds, including acetanilide, anisole, imidazole, and pyrazole derivatives.