Synthesis of Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagents Containing a Transferable (Diarylmethylene)amino Group and Their Use in the Oxidative Amination of Silyl Ketene Acetals.

The preparation of some hypervalent iodine reagents containing a transferable amino group derived from benzophenone imine derivatives is reported. The reagents can be readily prepared and stored as a bench-stable solid, and were successfully used in the transition-metal-free oxidative amination of silyl ketene acetals to afford the corresponding α-amino esters, the benzophenone imine moieties of which could be easily hydrolyzed, thereby leading to the formation of primary amines.