Pure Appl. Chem., 2006, Vol. 78, No. 2, pp. 363-375
doi:10.1351/pac200678020363
Catalytic activation of nitrogen derivatives with transition-metal complexes*
Hélène Lebel, Olivier Leogane, Kim Huard, and Sylvain Lectard
Département de Chimie, Université de Montréal, Montréal H3C 3J7, Canada
Abstract:
Studies regarding the transition-metal-catalyzed decomposition of nitrogen derivatives toward Curtius rearrangement and the formation of nitrenes which undergo C-H insertion and aziridination reactions are presented. These processes lead to the formation of C-N bond with a high level of selectivity and efficiency.
Keywords: aziridination; C-H insertion; Curtius rearrangement; nitrene; rhodium.
*Pure Appl. Chem. 78, 197-523. An issue of reviews and research papers based on lectures presented at the 13th IUPAC International Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry Directed Towards Organic Synthesis (OMCOS-13), Geneva, Switzerland, 17-21 July 2005.