Visible light induced photocatalytic conversion of enamines into amides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-0034-1378205

A series of enamines were photocatalytically cleaved to produce amide products under simple visible-light irradiation from a 45 W household light bulb. Mechanistically, the reactions appear to involve photosensitized formation of a singlet oxygen intermediate and a subsequent [2+2] cycloaddition event. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart, New York.