title: Evidence of two-state reactivity in alkane hydroxylation by Lewis-acid bound copper-nitrene complexes.
abstract: The behavior of the Lewis-acid adducts of two copper-nitrene [Cu(NR)](+) complexes in nitrene-transfer and H-atom abstraction reactions have been demonstrated to depend on the nature of the nitrene substituents. Two-state reactivity, in which a singlet ground state and a nearby triplet excited-state both contribute, provides a useful model for interpreting reactivity trends of the two compounds.
authors.affiliation: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Chemie, Brook-Taylor-Straße 2, D-12489 Berlin, Germany. kallol.ray@chemie.hu-berlin.de.
authors.forename: Sarah-Luise
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Abram
authors.forename: Inés
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Monte-Pérez
authors.forename: Florian Felix
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Pfaff
authors.forename: Erik R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Farquhar
authors.forename: Kallol
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ray
mesh_terms: D000473:Alkanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000737:chemistry*; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D006900:Hydroxylation; D007097:Imines / Q000737:chemistry*; D058116:Lewis Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular
chemical_list: D000473:Alkanes; D056831:Coordination Complexes; D007097:Imines; D058116:Lewis Acids; C017621:phenylnitrene; D003300:Copper