| abstract |
Provided is an oxidizing composition, in which a liquid medium is substantially inert in the presence of an oxidizing electrophile contained in the liquid medium. The composition comprises (a) an oxidizing electrophile comprising a main group element in oxidized form and at least one conjugate anion of an oxygen acid; (b) a non-oxidizable liquid selected from a fluorinated hydrocarbon, a sulfone, a deactivated arene, a deactivated aliphatic, a deactivated heteroarene, a deactivated heteroaliphatic, and a combination thereof; and (c) optionally one or more salt additives. Further provided are a method of using the oxidizing composition to oxidize a substrate and a method of generating and/or regenerating an oxidizing electrophile comprising a main group element. |