The tandem oxidation–inverse electron demand Diels–Alder reaction of o-aminophenol derivatives and enamines has been accomplished at room temperature using a stoichiometric amount of manganese dioxide as the oxidant to furnish highly substituted 1,4-benzoxazine cycloadducts with complete regiochemical control. Because of its efficiency in introducing diverse elements in both cycloaddition partners
The scope and mechanism of an electrochemically induced cascade reaction, which leads to highly substituted 1,4-benzoxazine derivatives, have been explored through the variation of the structure of the o-azaquinone mediator. This reaction sequence, wherein both cycloaddition partners are generated in situ, at room temperature, under metal-free conditions, allows the regiospecific inverse-electron-demand