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.

SUBMITTER: Abram SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4149874 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature