Iodine(III)-Mediated Oxidative Cross-Coupling of Enamines and Propargylamines under Metal-Free Conditions: An Alternative Way to Prepare Highly Substituted 3-Pyrrolines
A PhIO/Bu4NI-mediated oxidative cross-coupling reaction between enamines and propargylamines under metal-free conditions has been developed. Bu4NI works as an activator of PhIO. The resulting coupling products are ready to undergo copper(II)-mediated electrophilic cyclization to form highly substituted 3-pyrrolines.