Iron(ii)-catalyzed intramolecular aminochlorination of alkenes

Abstract

2-Alkenyloxycarbonyl azides undergo an efficient intramolecular FeII-catalyzed aminochlorination with TMSCl in EtOH and furnish the corresponding 4-(chloromethyl)- oxazolidinones (60–84% yield), presumably via a stepwise single electron transfer pathway.