Electrochemical Decarboxylative Addition of N‐Aryl Glycines to Enaminones: Access to C3‐Aminomethyl Chromones

Abstract An electrochemical decarboxylative addition of N ‐substituted glycines to enaminones has been developed and conducted under oxidant‐, catalyst‐, and light‐free conditions in acetonitrile at room temperature by using electron as the traceless oxidant, which provided a green approach to access C3‐aminomethyl chromones. The resulting products were formed through radical addition/oxidation/cyclization or electrophilic addition/cyclization pathway and could act as valuable building blocks to construct polysubstituted pyrimidine derivatives.