Haloamines as Bifunctional Reagents for Oxidative Aminohalogenation of Maleimides

An unprecedented copper-catalyzed oxidative aminohalogenation of electron-deficient maleimides with secondary amines and NXS (X = Cl, Br, I) was developed, in which the N–X bonds generated in situ were used as difunctionalized reagents. The distinctive features of this multicomponent reaction include a simple green catalytic system, a spectral substrate range, and the late-stage modification of drug molecules. Most importantly, this umpolung radical cascade strategy exploits the in situ formation of N-iodoamines that enable efficient alkene aminoiodination.