Visible-light-induced cyclization of cyclic N-sulfonyl ketimines to N-sulfonamide fused imidazolidines

Org Biomol Chem. 2022 May 11;20(18):3798-3802. doi: 10.1039/d2ob00460g.

Abstract

A visible-light-induced metal-free cascade cyclization of cyclic N-sulfonyl ketimines with N-arylglycines for the construction of N-sulfonamide-fused imidazolidines was developed. The procedure employed 3 mol% of eosin Y as the photocatalyst at room temperature under visible light irradiation, providing various N-sulfonamide-fused imidazolidines in good yields (32 examples, up to 86% yields).