Complementary Reactions of Allylic Carbamates Using Palladium(II): Formation of Oxazolidinones or Allylic Amides from a Common Precursor

Abstract

The use of palladium to effect two different reactions on a common starting material is presented. With a copper oxidant, an aminohalogenation is achieved to produce oxazolidinones. When the copper is absent, a [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement takes place to produce allylic amides.

Key words

palladium - rearrangement - halogenation - amines - amides

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