The key intermediate in the amination of saturated C-H bonds: synthesis, X-ray characterization and catalytic activity of Ru(TPP)(NAr)(2) (Ar = 3,5-(CF(3))(2)C(6)H(3))

Simone Fantauzzi; Emma Gallo; Alessandro Caselli; Fabio Ragaini; Nicola Casati; Piero Macchi; Sergio Cenini

doi:10.1039/b903238j

The key intermediate in the amination of saturated C-H bonds: synthesis, X-ray characterization and catalytic activity of Ru(TPP)(NAr)(2) (Ar = 3,5-(CF(3))(2)C(6)H(3))

Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Jul 14:(26):3952-4. doi: 10.1039/b903238j. Epub 2009 May 29.

Authors

Simone Fantauzzi¹, Emma Gallo, Alessandro Caselli, Fabio Ragaini, Nicola Casati, Piero Macchi, Sergio Cenini

Affiliation

¹ Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Metallorganica e Analitica L Malatesta, Università di Milano and ISTM-CNR, Milano, Italy.

PMID: 19662263
DOI: 10.1039/b903238j

Abstract

The complex Ru(TPP)(NAr)(2) inserts a nitrene group into allylic and benzylic C-H bonds and is the key intermediate in the ruthenium porphyrin-catalyzed amination of hydrocarbons by aryl azides.