Radical Enamination of Vinyl Azides: Direct Synthesis of N-Unprotected Enamines

An electron-withdrawing-group-generable radical-induced enamination of vinyl azides is reported, which results in a variety of beta-functionalized N-unprotected enamines in a stereoselective manner. A plausible mechanism involving an unusual 1,3-H transfer of in situ generated iminyl radical intermediate was proposed on the basis of experimental results and DFT calculations.