Copper–Nitrene Complexes in Catalytic CH Amination

Abstract

Hydrocarbons activate! Isolable β-diketiminato dicopper–nitrene complexes such as 1 derived from the reaction of [{(Cl2NN)Cu}2(μ-benzene)] and 1-adamantylazide are potent towards nitrene insertion into unactivated sp3-hybridized CH bonds. 1 allows stoichiometric and catalytic intermolecular CH amination of hydrocarbons to give secondary amines (see scheme). Catalyst loadings as low as 0.05 mol % may be used. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.