Activation of arene and alkane

Jones reported an overview of the use of tris(pyrazolyl)borate rhodium complexes for the activation of arene and alkane C-H bonds, in particular detailing the fundamental studies with [Rh(CNR)(R)H(Tp )j. Selected example is reported in Fig. 8.12.154 Jones and coworkers155 also carried out some experiments in order to verify the involvement of... 

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