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

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.