Monoaryl-l 3 -iodanesa re potentially attractive arylating agents. They are generally synthesized from aryl iodidesv ia oxidation, which can cause functional group incompatibility,e specially when polyfunctionalized derivatives are desired. This work describes the directs ynthesis of monoaryl-l 3 -iodanes through ac hemoselective ipsosubstitution reaction of arylgermanes and arylstannanes with iodine tris(trifluoroacetate). The generated iodanes were convertedt oi odoniumy lides or used for further transformations in one pot. The presented method enables the preparation of polyfunctionalized monoaryl-l 3 -iodanes.Hypervalent iodine compounds are widely studied in organic chemistry due to their unique reactivity and low toxicity. [1] Amongt he variousI III/V/VII compounds reported,m onoaryl-l 3iodane (ArIL 2 )isone of the most popularclasses of hypervalent iodine compounds in terms of its versatile applications in oxidation reactions. Although thesec ompounds are mainly used for oxidative transformations in which the aryl group is not involved in the products, some recent studies focusedo nt heir potentiala sa rylating agents. [2][3][4][5][6][7] An interesting feature of most arylation reactions using am onoaryl-l 3 -iodane is that the CÀI bond of the reagent is not cleaved, and a2 -iodoaryl group is introduced through sigmatropicr earrangement( Scheme 1a, left side). [2, 3] Furthermore, monoaryl-l 3 -iodanes are easily converted to iodonium ylides, which also serve as arylating agents (Scheme 1a,r ight side). [5,6] The typical synthesis of monoaryll 3 -iodanes involves the introduction of I I to an aromatic ring and oxidation to I III (Scheme 1b). [1,[8][9][10][11][12][13] The oxidation step can cause functional group incompatibility and limit the accessible structures. To furthere xpand the applications of monoaryl-l 3iodanes as arylating agents, we considered that the develop-ment of efficient synthetic methodso fm onoaryl-l 3 -iodanes containing multiple functional groupsi sc rucial.Direct introduction of the -I III L 2 fragment to aromatic rings using iodine tricarboxylates [14] has been described in af ew reports (Scheme1c). [14][15][16][17][18] As early as 1974, Maletina and co-workers reported electrophilic aromatic substitution using iodine tris(trifluoroacetate) (ITT, 1a), [15] followed by areport by Kurosawa and co-workers on the reactions between aryl ketones and ITT 1a. [16] Recently,W irth and co-workers reported that I(OAc) 3 1b or ITT 1a reacts with several aromatic compounds to give (dicarboxyiodo)arenes. [17] The scope of theser eactions, however,i sl imited to rather simple substrates, and the functional groupc ompatibility was not well elucidated.M oreover,t he site selectivity of these electrophilic substitution reactionsd epends on the electronic nature of the substrates, and the introduction of the -I III L 2 moiety at the less electron-rich positioni sd ifficult in principle.Here, we report the directs ynthesis of monoaryl-l 3 -iodanes by chemo-and site-selective ipso-substitution reacti...