Photosensitized Energy-Transfer-Mediated Aminoformylation of Alkenes

Abstract

β-Amino aldehydes, in addition to being biologically relevant, serve as potential entry points to γ-amino alcohols and β-amino acids. While formylation of alkenes has been explored in both conventional and photochemical realms, there are no dedicated reagents that can incorporate amine and aldehyde simultaneously. This work demonstrates the development and application of an oxime ester reagent derived from glyoxylic acid acetal that, under photosensitized energy transfer conditions, delivers iminyl and acetal fragments onto alkenes via a diradical mode, leading to β-amino aldehydes.