Novel oxidative functionalizations using earth-abundant transition metals

选择性有氧氧化的发展对化学工业至关重要，因为分子氧丰富，并且通过将其还原为水提供可持续的能源。一组特别重要的氧化反应是将氧或氮原子直接一步转移到失活的有机底物上，从而产生通常用作燃料、溶剂和润滑剂的分子，或用作精细化学品和药品合成中的基本构件。此外，这些直接的原子转移避免了浪费的保护群策略的中间作用。然而，目前大多数方法使用有毒金属离子或浪费氧化剂，这是不希望大规模应用。

The development of selective aerobic oxidations is fundamentally important to the chemical industry due to the abundance of molecular oxygen and the sustainable source of energy provided by its reduction to water. A particularly important group of oxidation reactions is the direct, one-step transfer of an oxygen or nitrogen atom to an inactivated organic substrate, which generates molecules that are typically used as fuels, solvents and lubricants or as building blocks in the synthesis of fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Also, these direct atom transfers avoid the intermediacy of wasteful protecting-group strategies. However, most current methods employ toxic metal ions or wasteful oxidants, which is undesired for scaled-up applications.