C-H bond amination by iron-imido/nitrene species

Abstract

C-H amination by iron-imido/nitrene species has attracted increasing research interest in recent years because of its potential use in economical and environmentally benign syntheses of amino compounds. With the aim of providing a comprehensive overview of this field, which is of interest to both the synthetic organic and inorganic communities, this paper reviews the status quo of C-H amination chemistry by iron-imido/nitrene intermediates, as well as by well-defined iron-imido/nitrene compounds, with special emphasis on their structure/reactivity correlations. Achievements, problems, and perspectives in this growing field are discussed. © 2012 The Author(s).