Catalytic Vicinal Dichlorination of Unactivated Alkenes

Organocatalytic strategies for the programmed, catalytic oxidation of π-bonds through regioselective halogenation remain comparatively underdeveloped. The vicinal dichlorination of unactivated alkenes is a pertinent example, where stoichiometric reagents and prefunctionalization steps are often employed. This is surprising given the prominence of the 1,2-dichloro moiety in an array of bioactive natural products of both terrestrial and marine...