Title: Metal- and Reagent-Free Intramolecular Oxidative Amination of Tri- and Tetrasubstituted Alkenes
Author: Peng Xiong, He-Huan Xu, and Hai-Chao Xu*
Abstract:A metal- and reagent-free, electrochemical intramolecular oxidative amination reaction of tri- and tetrasubstituted alkenes has been developed. The electrosynthetic method proceeds through radical cyclization to form the key C–N bond, allowing a variety of hindered tri- and tetrasubstituted olefins to participate in the amination reaction. The result is the efficient synthesis of a host of alkene-bearing cyclic carbamates and ureas and lactams.

View Link: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.7b01016