Iodine(III) in Photochemistry. A brief Overview

Iodine(III) reagents became a highly relevant tool in organic synthesis due to the great versatility as strong but green oxidants. Several transformations involving the cyclizations as well as functionalization of different organic cores have been broadly described and reviewed. Herein a new facet which involves the participation of these reagents in photochemical transformations exclusively by direct irradition or in photoredox cycles using some transition metals, will be briefly described as well as some plausible further transformations that potentially can be developed.