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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.
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Zhang, L., Deng, L. C-H bond amination by iron-imido/nitrene species. Chin. Sci. Bull. 57, 2352–2360 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-012-5151-x
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