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Catalytic insertion of diazo compounds into N-H bonds: the copper alternative
M Esther Morilla1, M Mar Díaz-Requejo, Tomás R Belderrain
1Departamento de Química y Ciencia de los Materiales, Universidad de Huelva, Carretera de Palos de la Ffrontera s/n, E-21819 Huelva, Spain.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|January 23, 2003
Abstract:
The complexes TpxCu (Tpx = homoscorpionate) catalyse the insertion of diazo compounds into nitrogen-hydrogen bonds of amines and amides, under very mild conditions, with quantitative yields being obtained with equimolar ratios of reactants.