A CuCl2-promoted alkene aminochlorination reaction has been developed. A variety of anilides that contain a mono-, di-, or trisubstituted alkenyl moiety readily participated in this reaction to afford structurally diverse vicinal chloroamines. Studies suggest that the process proceeds by a radical-type mechanism and that CuCl2 serves as both the oxidant to generate the amidyl radical as well as the
A copper‐catalyzed oxidative amination of unactivated internal alkenes has been developed. The Wacker‐type oxidative alkene amination reaction is traditionally catalyzed by a palladiumthrough a mechanism involving aminopalladation and β‐hydride elimination. Replacing the precious and scarce palladium with a cheap and abundant copper for this transformation has been challenging because of the difficulty