Tagged hypervalent iodine reagents: a new purification concept based on ion exchange through SN2 substitution.

The preparation of phenylsulfonate-tagged iodine(III) reagents as well as their use in a novel purification strategy for iodine(III)-promoted reactions is described. The concept is based on ion exchange and is initiated by an azide-promoted SN2-reaction at the alkyl sulfonate followed by trapping of the resulting aryl sulfonate anion with an ion-exchange resin. The concept is successfully proven for Ru-catalyzed oxidations of alcohols, the activation and glycosidation of thioglycosides, and the Suarez reaction of pyranoses.