Oxidative Olefination of Benzylamine with an Active Methylene Compound Mediated by Hypervalent Iodine (III)

Hypervalent iodine‐mediated oxidative olefination of amines with an active methylene compound provides a rapid gateway towards the formation of electrophilic alkenes under mild reaction conditions in good to excellent yields. This is an efficient protocol for the preparation of substituted electrophilic alkenes. Hypervalent iodine mediates the oxidative olefination of amines with active methylene compounds for the formation of electrophilic alkenes under mild reaction conditions in good to excellent yields.