RT Journal Article T1 Iron and Manganese Catalysts for the Selective Functionalization of Arene C(sp(2))-H Bonds by Carbene Insertion T1 Introducing Fe and Mn as catalysts for the selective functionalization of Csp2-H bonds of arenes by carbene insertion A1 Conde Alcántara, Ana Isabel A1 Sabenya, Gerard A1 Rodríguez, Mònica A1 Postils, Verònica A1 Luis, Josep M. A1 Díaz Requejo, María Mar A1 Costas, Miquel A1 Pérez Romero, Pedro José AB The first examples of the direct functionalization of non-activated aryl sp(2) C-H bonds with ethyl diazoacetate (N2CHCO2Et) catalyzed by Mn- or Fe-based complexes in a completely selective manner are reported, with no formation of the frequently observed cycloheptatriene derivatives through competing Buchner reaction. The best catalysts are Fe-II or Mn-II complexes bearing the tetradentate pytacn ligand (pytacn = 1-(2-pyridylmethyl)-4,7-dimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane). When using alkylbenzenes, the alkylic C(sp(3))-H bonds of the substituents remained unmodified, thus the reaction being also selective toward functionalization of sp(2) C-H bonds. PB Wiley SN 1433-7851 SN 1521-3773 electrónico YR 2016 FD 2016 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/16239 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/16239 LA eng NO Conde, A., Sabenya, G., Rodríguez, M., Postils, V., Luis, J. M., Díaz-Requejo, M. M., … Pérez, P. J. (2016). Iron and Manganese Catalysts for the Selective Functionalization of Arene C(sp2 )−H Bonds by Carbene Insertion. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55(22), 6530–6534. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201601750 NO Título de la versión post-print: Introducing Fe and Mn as catalysts for the selective functionalizationof Csp2-H bonds of arenes by carbene insertion NO Support for this work was provided by the MINECO (CTQ2014-52769-C3-R-1, CTQ2014-62234-EXP, CTQ2015-70795-P, CTQ2014-54306-P, and CTQ2014-52525P), and the Junta de Andalucia (P10-FQM-06292). A.C. thanks Junta de Andalucia for a research contract. M.C. acknowledges an ICREA Academia Award, 2014 SGR 862 from Generalitat de Catalunya, and ERC-239910. DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva RD 31 may 2026