Oxidation-resistant, sterically demanding phenanthrolines as supporting ligands for copper(I) nitrene transfer catalysts.
New 1,10-phenanthroline ligands have been synthesized with C6F5- or 2,4,6-(CF3)3C6H2- groups in the 2- and 9-positions; a cationic copper(I) complex of the latter catalyses nitrene transfer to the C-H bonds of electron-rich arenes.
Hamilton
Charles W
CW
Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 2-214A, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA.
Laitar
David S
DS
Sadighi
Joseph P
JP