1. For reviews see: (a) Petasis, N. A.; Patane, M. A.Tetrahedron1992,48, 5757. (b) Roxburgh, C. J.Tetrahedron1993,49, 10749. (c) Evans, P. A.; Holmes, A. B.Tetrahedron1991,47, 9131. (d) Rousseau, G.Tetrahedron1995,51, 2777. (e) Moody, C. J.; Davies, M. J. InStudies in NaturalProducts Chemistry; Attar-ur-Rahman, Ed.; Elsevier Science Publishers: New York, 1992; Vol. 10, p 201. (f) Rousseau, G.; Homsi, F.Chem. Soc. Rev.1997,26, 453.
2. Oxygen Effect in the Iodo Lactonization of Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids Leading to 7- to 12-Membered Ring Lactones
3. Gem-dimethyl effect in the formation of seven to eleven-membered ring lactones by iodolactonisation
4. Preparation of Oxepanes, Oxepenes, and Oxocanes by Iodoetherification using Bis(sym-collidine)iodine(I) Hexafluorophosphate as Electrophile
5. Ring closure reactions of bifunctional chain molecules