Issue 2, 2010
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Chemical Communications

Rhodium-mediated activation of an alkane-type C–H bond†

Anneke Krüger,a   Antonia Neelsb  and  Martin Albrecht*a  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
E-mail: martin.albrecht@ucd.ie
Fax: +353-17162501

b XRD Application Lab, CSEM, Rue Jaquet-Droz 1, CH-2002 Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Abstract

Abnormal C4-bonding of N-heterocyclic carbenes effectively modulates the electron density at rhodium and allows for the selective cleavage of an unactivated C(sp3)–H bond, whereas no such intramolecular C–H bond breaking is observed when the carbene binds normally through the C2 carbon.

Graphical abstract: Rhodium-mediated activation of an alkane-type C–H bond

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B918660C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
10 Sep 2009
Accepted
16 Nov 2009
First published
26 Nov 2009

Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 315-317

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