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Metal-Catalyzed Oxidations of C–H to C–N Bonds

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This chapter offers a general review of selective methods for the oxidative conversion of C–H to C–N bonds. Special focus has been given to the many disparate catalyst types that are capable of promoting this unique transformation.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Mark Harvey and Dave Olson for editorial comments and for their careful proofreading of the manuscript. DNZ has been supported in part by an Achievement Rewards for College Scientist (ARCS) Foundation Stanford Graduate Fellowship. We are grateful to the National Institutes of Health, The National Science Foundation, The A.P. Sloan Foundation, The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, and Pfizer, Inc. for support of our program.

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Zalatan, D.N., Bois, J.D. (2009). Metal-Catalyzed Oxidations of C–H to C–N Bonds. In: Yu, JQ., Shi, Z. (eds) C-H Activation. Topics in Current Chemistry, vol 292. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/128_2009_19

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