RETRACTED: Regioselective 1,2-hydroxy and methoxy iodination of alkenes by molecular iodine and aqueous hydrogen peroxide

This article has been retracted at the request of the authors and editor. Please see http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy. : Subsequent to the publication of the article in Tetrahedron Letters 47 (2006) 1997–2001, it has come to the knowledge of the authors and editor that similar research work had already been published by Professor Marjan Jereb et al. in Green Chemistry 7 (2005) 100–104. itor and authors have, therefore, requested the article be retracted from Tetrahedron Letters and apologize for the oversight.