Copper-Catalyzed Three-Component Annulations of Alkenes, Nitrosoarenes, and N-Hydroxyallylamines To Form Fused Oxazinane/Isoxazolidine Heterocycles.

One-pot cascade annulations among nitrosoarenes, alkenes, and N-hydroxyallylamines have been achieved with CuCl/O2 catalysts, forming fused oxazinane/isoxazolidine heterocycles with excellent diastereoselectivity (d.r. >20:1). To enhance the synthetic utility, we developed a successive cleavage of the two N-O bonds of the resulting heterocycles. A mechanism involving dipolar [3+2] cycloadditions of nitrone intermediates with their tethered alkenes is postulated for formation of these heterocycles.