Activation of carbon-hydrogen bonds and dihydrogen by 1,2-CH-addition across metal-heteroatom bonds.
The controlled conversion of hydrocarbons to functionalized products requires selective C-H bond cleavage. This perspective provides an overview of 1,2-CH-addition of hydrocarbons across d(0) transition metal imido complexes and compares and contrasts these to examples of analogous reactions that involve later transition metal amide, hydroxide and alkoxide complexes with d(6) and d(8) metals.
Department of Chemistry, West Virginia Wesleyan College, 59 College Ave, Buckhannon, WV 26201, USA.
Joanna R
JR
Webb
Samantha A
SA
Burgess
Thomas R
TR
Cundari
T Brent
TB
Gunnoe