Fluorinated bis-and tris(pyrazolyl)boratocopper complexes catalyze the nitrene insertion to CÀ H bonds of aromatic hydrocarbons efficiently producing amination products in good to excellent yields at room temperature. Imidoiodanes, PhI=NTs (Ts = p-toluenesulfonyl) and PhI=NNs (Ns = p-nitrophenylsulfonyl) serve as the nitrene source. The bis(pyrazolyl)borate catalyst [H 2 B(3,5-(CF 3 ) 2 Pz) 2 ]Cu(NCMe) with PhI=NNs produced the arene CÀ H functionalized product of mesitylene in 87 % yield with only trace amounts of benzylic CÀ H insertion. The use of [H 2 B (3,5-(CF 3 ) 2 -4-(NO 2 )Pz) 2 ]Cu(NCMe) that has an even weakly donating pyrazolate generated the arene CÀ H insertion product exclusively. The tris(pyrazolyl)borate complex [HB(3,5-(CF 3 ) 2 Pz) 3 ] Cu(NCMe), in contrast, generated the benzylic amination product from mesitylene and PhI=NNs in 82 % yield with only very minor amounts of arene CÀ H functionalization. DFT calculations suggest that Cu-nitrene moiety generated from [HB (3,5-(CF 3 ) 2 Pz) 3 ]Cu(NCMe) and PhI=NNs activates the benzylic CÀ H bond of mesitylene via a hydrogen atom abstraction (HAA) followed by a radical rebound (RR) pathway, whereas the functionalization of sp 2 CÀ H bonds of mesitylene by [H 2 B(3,5-(CF 3 ) 2 Pz) 2 ]Cu(NNs) ensues possibly via a nitrene addition to the arene core.[a] T.