posted on 2020-08-04, 07:08authored byWanmei Li, Heng Cai, Lin Huang, Lei He, Yilan Zhang, Jun Xu, Pengfei Zhang
Iron(III)-promoted rapid three-component deuteration of quinoxalinones with olefins and NaBD4 is reported for the first time, which provides a novel, economic, and efficient method for the rapid synthesis of deuterated quinoxalinones. In this transformation, a radical pathway is involved according to the results of control experiments.