Iodosobenzene bis(trifluoroacetate), PIFA

Recent Literature

Various N-arylated and N-alkylated indoles and pyrrole-fused aromatic compounds were synthesized by a phenyliodine bis(trifluoroacetate) (PIFA)-mediated intramolecular cyclization.
Y. Du, R. Liu, G. Linn, K. Zhao, Org. Lett., 2006, 8, 5919-5922.

The hypervalent iodine reagent PIFA promotes the efficient intramolecular electrophilic cyclization of easily accessible alkynylamides and alkynyl carboxylic acids, leading to pyrrolidinone and lactone skeletons, respectively. A synthetic study and a mechanistic proposal for these transformations are presented.
I. Tellitu, S. Serna, m. T. Herrero, I. Moreno, E. Domínguez, R. SanMartin, J. Org. Chem., 2007, 72, 1526-1529.