DOI: 10.1039/d3sc03683a ISSN:
Site selective gold(i )-catalysed benzylic C–H amination via an intermolecular hydride transfer to triazolinediones
Kevin Bevernaege, Nikolaos V. Tzouras, Albert Poater, Luigi Cavallo, Steven P. Nolan, Fady Nahra, Johan M. Winne - General Chemistry
A swift C–H amination protocol is reported for alkylbenzenes, which shows a remarkable discrimination of C–H bonds, following small differences in substitution pattern. This is rationalized by an unusual rate-determining hydride transfer.