An organophotoredox catalyzed efficient and robust approach for the synthesis of highly important 3-alkyl substituted chroman-4-one scaffold is developed using visible light induced radical cascade cyclization strategy. The reaction is initiated through the generation of alkyl radicals from N-(acyloxy)phthalimides under photoredox conditions, which subsequently undergo intermolecular cascade radical cyclization on 2-(allyloxy)arylaldehydes to afford chroman-4-one scaffolds. The presented strategy is attractive with regard to mild reaction conditions, operational simplicity, high functional group tolerance and broad substrate scope. © 2020 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim