"Cyclizative Atmospheric CO2 Fixation by Unsaturated Amines with t-BuOI Leading to Cyclic Carbamates"

"Cyclizative Atmospheric CO₂ Fixation by Unsaturated Amines with t-BuOI Leading to Cyclic Carbamates"
Youhei Takeda, Sota Okumura, Saori Tone, Itsuro Sasaki, and Satoshi Minakata*
Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 4874–4877. DOI: 10.1021/ol302201q 

* Highlighted in "Noteworthy Chemistry" (ACS, October 1, 2012)! （see the detail）
Abstract: A cyclizative atmospheric CO₂ fixation by unsaturated amines such as allyl and propargyl amines under mild reaction conditions, efficiently leading to cyclic carbamates bearing a iodomethyl group, have been developed utilizing tert-butyl hypoiodite (t-BuOI).