ChemInform Abstract: [RuIV(F20‐TPP)Cl2] Efficiently Catalyzed Inter‐ and Intra‐Molecular Nitrene Insertion into sp3 C—H Bonds of Hydrocarbons Using Phosphoryl Azides as Nitrene Sources.

• DOI: 10.1002/chin.201338187
• Publication Date: 2013-08-30T11:07:43Z
• Authors: Wenbo Xiao; Jinhu Wei; Cong‐Ying Zhou; Chi‐Ming Che
• Keywords: Nitrene

[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.