Palladium-catalyzed electrochemical carbonylation of 2-amino-1-alkanols to oxazolidin-2-ones under very mild conditions

A new procedure for an efficient synthesis of oxazolidin-2-ones was developed. 2-Amino-1-alkanols undergo oxidative carbonylation under atmospheric pressure of carbon monoxide at room temperature using Pd(II) catalyst in combination with its anodic recycling at a graphite electrode.