Redox-responsive catalysis: fine tuning of chemoselectivity in the intramolecular reaction of diazo compounds catalysed by ferrocene-functionalised dirhodium(ii) complexes

Abstract

In redox-responsive carbene transfer catalysis using neutral or oxidised forms of ferrocene-containing dirhodium(ii) species, the weakly interacting SbF6− anion allows a greater chemoselectivity change toward the aromatic C–H insertion product than BF4−.