Iodonium catalysis is described here to accomplish an intermolecular olefin oxyamination reaction. Urea is used as the O- and N-source to add across both activated and un-activated alkenes in a regioselective manner. Mechanistic studies confirm the presence of an iodonium intermediate.
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