Visible-Light-Mediated Efficient Metal-Free Catalyst for α‑Oxygenation of Tertiary Amines to Amides

A metal-free system has been discovered for the efficient α-oxygenation of tertiary amines to the corresponding amides using oxygen as an oxidant. This visible-light-mediated oxygenation reaction exhibited excellent substrates scope under mild reaction conditions and generated water as the only byproduct. The synthetic utility of this approach has been demonstrated by applying onto drug molecules. At the end, detailed mechanistic reactions clearly showed the role of oxygen and the photocatalyst.