Iodine was found to be an efficient catalyst for the one pot synthesis of α-amino phosphonate from aldehydes, anilines and diethyl phosphite. The influences of the iodine loading, reaction solvent, the structure of aldehyde and aniline on the reaction were studied.
The reaction of methyl α-diazoacetoacetate with enamines catalyzed by dirhodium and copper complexes un-derwent formal 1,3-dipolar addition to give 5-amino-4,5-dihydrofurans in moderate yields. The reaction was sug-gested to proceed via a nucleophilic addition of enamines to metal-carbenes and a subsequent intramolecular cycli-zation of the resulting zwitterionic intermediates.
