Synthesis of iodohydrins

Recent Literature

An efficient and mild thiophenol-promoted ring-opening of aziridines or epoxides with iodine afforded β-iodo amines or β-iodo alcohols in very good yields.
J. Wu, X. Sun, W. Sun, S. Ye, Synlett, 2006, 2489-2491.

Highly regioselective ring opening of epoxides to halohydrins has been carried out in impressive yields with hydrogen and lithium halides in presence of β-cyclodextrin using water as solvent.
M. Arjun Reddy, K. Surendra, N. Bhanumathi, K. Rama Rao, Tetrahedron, 2002, 58, 6003-6008.