Issue 69, 2014

Evidence of two-state reactivity in alkane hydroxylation by Lewis-acid bound copper–nitrene complexes

Abstract

The behavior of the Lewis-acid adducts of two copper–nitrene [Cu(NR)]+ complexes in nitrene-transfer and H-atom abstraction reactions have been demonstrated to depend on the nature of the nitrene substituents. Two-state reactivity, in which a singlet ground state and a nearby triplet excited-state both contribute, provides a useful model for interpreting reactivity trends of the two compounds.

Graphical abstract: Evidence of two-state reactivity in alkane hydroxylation by Lewis-acid bound copper–nitrene complexes

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
16 May 2014
Accepted
08 Jul 2014
First published
08 Jul 2014
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 9852-9854

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Evidence of two-state reactivity in alkane hydroxylation by Lewis-acid bound copper–nitrene complexes

S. Abram, I. Monte-Pérez, F. F. Pfaff, E. R. Farquhar and K. Ray, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 9852 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC03754E

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