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

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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]