Mechanisms of C-H bond activation: rich synergy between computation and experiment.
Recent computational studies of C-H bond activation at late transition metal systems are discussed and processes where lone pair assistance via heteroatom co-ligands or carboxylates are highlighted as a particularly promising means of cleaving C-H bonds. The term 'ambiphilic metal ligand activation' (AMLA) is introduced to describe such reactions.
Boutadla
Youcef
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Department of Chemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK LE1 7RH.
Davies
David L
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Macgregor
Stuart A
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Poblador-Bahamonde
Amalia I
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