CHEM 430
Archived until Fall 2009
NEW TEXT for 2009: I finally found a text that matches the level and spirit of the course:
Spectroscopic Methods in Organic Chemistry
2008
2nd edition
468 pp, softcover
ISBN: 9781588904881 / 9783131060426
Fall 2007 - Syllabus and Schedule
Lecture Notes
Problem Sets
Hypervalent Iodine
While the idea of "hypervalent" iodine compounds may seem a difficult concept at first, the chemistry is easily related to the core concepts of basic organic chemistry.
For example, [hydroxy-(tosyloxy)iodo]benzene (HTIB) or Koser's reagent bascically functions as a highly evolved bromine analog. If you can think of a reaction of elemental bromine with an organic compound, you already know one of the reactions of HTIB!