Iron-Catalyzed, Light-Driven Decarboxylative Alcoxyamination

Abstract

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.

Keywords: iron * photocatalysis * decarboxylation * LMCT * alkoxyamination.