“…[6,7] The transition-metal-catalyzed route is often used due to its efficiency, and many examples have been studied in detail. [1,3,5,[8][9][10][11][12][13] Due to its high reactivity, PhINTs ([N-(p-toluenesulfonyl)imino]phenyliodinane) is generally used as the nitrene source, although others such as chloramine T have economic and ecological advantages. [4,5,8,14,15] Various reaction mechanisms have been proposed for the transition-metal-catalyzed processes, and these include stepwise pathways with radical intermediates as well as concerted reactions, and nitrene complex intermediates with the metal ions in various oxidation states (e.g., for copper: Cu I , Cu II , Cu III ) have been suggested; mechanisms that do not include any electron-transfer steps at the metal center and Lewis acid based mechanisms with non-redox-active metal ions such as Zn 2 + and Mg 2 + have also been proposed.…”