Radical Decarboxylation/Annulation of Acrylamides with Aliphatic Acyl Peroxides

摘要

src="http://pubs.acs.org/appl/literatum/publisher/achs/journals/content/joceah/2017/joceah.2017.82.issue-9/acs.joc.7b00663/20170501/images/medium/jo-2017-00663t_0007.gif">A radical decarboxylation/annulation of acrylamides with aliphatic acyl peroxides was developed, giving a series of linear alkylated oxindoles in moderate to good yields. The reaction used aliphatic acyl peroxides as the linear alkyl radical source and tolerated a broad scope of substrates under metal-free conditions, offering a simple and efficient approach toward alkylated oxindoles.