Decarboxylative acylation of 10-RAE represents a mild alternative to Grignard addition to the corresponding Weinreb amide. Under the newly developed electrocatalytic conditions (condition C, Figure ) a variety of benzoyl chlorides could be employed including furanyl, trifluoromethyl, and halide containing substrates (50-54). Mixed anhydrides with alkyl groups could also be employed using chemical conditions previously developed (vide infra). With regards to dDCC alkylation of 10-RAE (condition D, Figure ), RAE coupling partners containing silyl (55), ester (56), olefin (57), fluorine (58, 60), carbamates (62, 63) and ketone functionality (64) can be employed regardless of the alkyl chain length (from six carbon to one carbon does not diminish reactivity). Secondary RAEs (63-68) also participated in the dDCC process with ring sizes ranging from four to six. The challenging coupling of a secondary acyclic substrate (68) proceeded in 25% isolated yield.