Electrochemical or Photoredox Activation of Latent Electrophiles: Three-Component Mumm Rearrangement Cascade Reactions from Alkoxyamines

This report exploits either electrochemical or photoredox triggers to promote the oxidative mesolytic cleavage of alkoxyamines to establish multicomponent Mumm rearrangement cascade reactions for the synthesis of imides and imidates. Readily accessible, bench-, air-, and moisture-stable alkoxyamines derived from 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPO) serve as masked carbocations in this approach.