A novel experimental procedure to obtain carbonyl compounds
under microwave irradiation from activated olefins and supported iodobenzene diacetate is described. By varying the
reaction conditions it is possible to generate the corresponding
aldehydes in reasonable-to-excellent yields and selectivities. The
methodology is simple, clean, and reproducible and presents
short reaction times. Using isosafrol, isoeugenol, and anethol it
was possible to produce piperonal, vanillin and p-anisaldehyde,
respectively.