Iminyl radicals are reactive intermediates which can be used for the construction of various valuable heterocycles. Herein, the electrochemical decarboxylation of a-imino-oxy acids for the generation of iminyl radicals has...

A new methodology for the synthesis of tetrahydroimidazo[1,5-a]quinoxalin-4(5H)-ones has been accomplished through annulation of quinoxalin-2(1H)-ones initiated by electrochemical decarboxylation of N-arylglycines catalyzed by ferrocene. With a pair of oxidative and reductive processes occurring among the substrates and intermediates instead of on the electrodes, the electricity consumption was decreased.