Researchers at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea have made a groundbreaking discovery by identifying the structure and reactivity of rhodium-acylnitrenoid intermediates in catalytic hydrocarbon amination reactions. By studying rhodium-dioxazolone coordination complex using photoinduced single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, they captured the fleeting moment of Rh-acylnitrenoid intermediate formation.
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