A One-Pot Reaction toward the Diastereoselective Synthesis of Substituted Morpholines.

The diastereoselective synthesis of various substituted morpholines has been achieved from vinyloxiranes and amino-alcohols under sequential Pd(0)-catalyzed Tsuji-Trost/Fe(III)-catalyzed heterocyclization. Using the same strategy, 2,6-, 2,5-, and 2,3-disubstituted as well as 2,5,6- and 2,3,5-trisubstituted morpholines were obtained in good to excellent yields and diastereoselectivities.