Carbonylation of tertiary carbon radicals: synthesis of lactams

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Apr 16;55(32):4655-4658. doi: 10.1039/c9cc02112d.

Abstract

Herein, we disclose an interesting iron-catalyzed approach for the carbonylation of a tertiary carbon radical. The tertiary carbon radical generated from a 1,5-hydrogen atom transfer can be captured by CO gas smoothly. Various six-membered lactams were constructed chemo-selectively in high yields.