[Ru(IV)(F20-TPP)Cl2] efficiently catalysed inter- and intra-molecular nitrene insertion into sp3 C-H bonds of hydrocarbons using phosphoryl azides as nitrene sources

Wenbo Xiao; Jinhu Wei; Cong-Ying Zhou; Chi-Ming Che

doi:10.1039/c3cc41110a

[Ru(IV)(F20-TPP)Cl2] efficiently catalysed inter- and intra-molecular nitrene insertion into sp3 C-H bonds of hydrocarbons using phosphoryl azides as nitrene sources

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 May 21;49(41):4619-21. doi: 10.1039/c3cc41110a. Epub 2013 Apr 15.

Authors

Wenbo Xiao¹, Jinhu Wei, Cong-Ying Zhou, Chi-Ming Che

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China.

PMID: 23589822
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc41110a

Abstract

[Ru(IV)(F20-TPP)Cl2][H2(F20-TPP) = meso-tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin] is an active catalyst for both inter- and intra-molecular nitrene insertion into sp(3) C-H bonds of hydrocarbons in good to high product yields using phosphoryl azides as nitrene sources.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Azides / chemistry*
Carbon / chemistry
Catalysis
Coordination Complexes / chemistry*
Hydrocarbons / chemistry
Hydrogen / chemistry
Porphyrins / chemistry*
Quantum Theory
Ruthenium / chemistry*

Substances

Azides
Coordination Complexes
Hydrocarbons
Porphyrins
Carbon
Ruthenium
Hydrogen
tetraphenylporphine