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The article focuses on a study on expansion of versatility and use of perfluoroalkyl transfer reagents by analogs of iodine compounds. Topics discussed include for transferring functional groups to organic molecules by hypervalent iodine compounds, reporting of fluorinating reagents by Antonio Togni at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, and series of fluorinated tellurium(II) compounds created by researchers.

The article reports on the results of a study on atmospheric measurements of iodine oxide and bromine oxide above the Antarctic snowpack. The study shows that the chemicals participate in destroying ozone and change the oxidizing potential of the region’s atmosphere. Researchers directly measured concentrations of the two chemicals using a long-path differential-optical absorption spectrometer. They also used a photochemical model to estimate the effect of halogen chemistry during the spring.

The article reports on the results of a study conducted by Aiwu Sun and colleagues at the University of New York suggesting that iododiacetylene polymer may lead to "linear carbon." Sun's group have synthesized a novel bis(nitrile) oxalamide spaced and used it to make poly(diiododiacetylene), a conjugated carbon chain adorned with iodine side groups.