Light‐Induced Iodine‐Catalyzed Dealkylative Synthesis of Enaminones

Abstract Light mediated iodine‐catalyzed synthesis of enaminones through C−N bond cleavage has been described. In addition to substituted ynones, diverse substituted acyclic tertiary amines, and cyclic tertiary amines were also reactive under standard conditions. Selected transformations of the coupling adduct demonstrated the latent utility of this protocol. Preliminary mechanistic studies were also conducted.