Iron-Catalyzed Intramolecular Aminations of C(sp3 )-H Bonds in Alkylaryl Azides.
Isabel T AltClaudia GuttroffBernd PlietkerPublished in: Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) (2017)
The nucleophilic iron complex Bu4 N[Fe(CO)3 (NO)] (TBA[Fe]) catalyzes the direct intramolecular amination of unactivated C(sp3 )-H bonds in alkylaryl azides, which results in the formation of substituted indoline and tetrahydroquinoline derivatives.