A direct
and practical metal-free N–H phosphorylation has
been achieved via the TBHP/NH4I-mediated cross-dehydrogenative
coupling (CDC) reactions between imines/imidates and P(O)H compounds.
This transformation provides an efficient synthetic route to the construction
of P–N bonds with good functional group compatibility, leading
to the formation of N-phosphorylimines and N-phosphorylimidates in up to 95% yield (33 examples)
under mild conditions.