Oxidation‐Resistant, Sterically Demanding Phenanthrolines as Supporting Ligands for Copper(I) Nitrene Transfer Catalysts.

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Metal-Catalyzed and Metal-Free Intermolecular Amination of Light Alkanes and Benzenes

“…Sadighi’s intriguing contribution 62 (Scheme 15) is among the earliest reports of putative metallo-nitrene insertion into aromatic C–H bonds. Two Cu(I) compounds with 2,9-bis(pentafluorophenyl)-1,10-phenanthroline (L 1 ) and 2,9-bis-[2′,4′,6′-tris(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1,10-phenanthroline (L 2 ) ligands are synthesized and shown to obey different stoichiometries, namely, [Cu(L 1 ) 2 ][SbF 6 ] and [Cu(L 2 )][SbF 6 ], respectively.…”