Abstract

The strategic integration of organocatalysis with transition-metal catalysis to achieve otherwise unattainable stereoselective transformations may serve as a powerful synthetic tool. Herein, we present a synthetically versatile α-amidation of aldehydes by leveraging dual iron and chiral enamine catalysis in an enantioselective manner (up to >99:1 er). Experimental and computational studies have led us to propose a new mechanistic platform, wherein visible-light-promoted LMCT generates [Fe(II)Cl3-], which effectively activates dioxazolones to form an iron-acylnitrenoid radical that inserts into chiral enamine intermediates.

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