Finding the limits of oxidative capacity in hypervalent iodine chemistry. This project aims to develop new ways to convert simple hydrocarbon feedstocks into value added fine chemicals, through the de

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Finding the limits of oxidative capacity in hypervalent iodine chemistry. This project aims to develop new ways to convert simple hydrocarbon feedstocks into value added fine chemicals, through the development of the strongest known organoiodine oxidizing agents. This project expects to result in the discovery of new high oxidation state iodine compounds that will be the most reactive in their class to date, which will provide a widely sought capability to directly convert simple C-H bonds into more valuable C-X bonds, where X can be virtually any other element. The new capabilities that this project aims to develop may benefit Australian SME chemical manufacturers to better use Australia's abundant simple hydrocarbon resources and enhance the value of these molecules by 10- to more than 100-fold.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 3405 - Organic Chemistry. Lead: Prof Jason Dutton