Iron-Catalyzed, Light-Driven Decarboxylative Alkoxyamination.

An iron-catalyzed visible-light driven decarboxylative alkoxyamination is disclosed. In the presence of FeBr2 and TEMPO, a large array of carboxylic acids including marketed drugs and biobased molecules is turned into the corresponding alkoxyamine derivatives. The versatility of the latter offers an entry towards molecular diversity generation from abundant starting materials and catalyst. Overall, this method proposes a unified and general approach for LMCT-based iron-catalyzed decarboxylative functionalization.

A One-Pot Reaction toward the Diastereoselective Synthesis of Substituted Morpholines.

The diastereoselective synthesis of various substituted morpholines has been achieved from vinyloxiranes and amino-alcohols under sequential Pd(0)-catalyzed Tsuji-Trost/Fe(III)-catalyzed heterocyclization. Using the same strategy, 2,6-, 2,5-, and 2,3-disubstituted as well as 2,5,6- and 2,3,5-trisubstituted morpholines were obtained in good to excellent yields and diastereoselectivities.

Chemoselective alkynylation of N-sulfonylamides versus amides and carbamates--synthesis of tetrahydropyrazines.

The chemoselective alkynylation of N-sulfonylamides versus amides and carbamates using TMS-EBX as an alkynylating agent leads to the formation of non-symmetrical tetrahydropyrazines from orthogonally protected diamines.