This process is accomplished by oxidative addition or sigma-bond metathesis, and an example of it would be turning ethane into ethanol.
Melanie Sanford's group has shown that this sort of reaction can be accomplished at room temperature under visible light using acyloxy-phthalimide initiators. The coupling discovered by Murai and Kakiuchi is a classic example of these reactions. Bis-pinacol-borane substituted on rhodium or ruthenium is a common catalyst for this type of reaction. Amines or imines are used as innate directors in directed ortho metalation, an example of this type of reaction. Shilov showed that a mix of potassium hexa-chloro-platinate mixed with potassium tetra-chloro-platinate can be used to accomplish this task, for example, to (*) oxidize Zeise's salt. This process is accomplished by oxidative addition or sigma-bond metathesis, and an example of it would be turning ethane into ethanol. For 10 points, name this type of reaction in which a nonpolar bond found in all alkanes is cleaved and replaced by a reactive group.
Melanie Sanford's group has shown that this sort of reaction can be accomplished at room temperature under visible light using acyloxy-phthalimide initiators.
C-H activation [or carbon-hydrogen bond activation; or C-H functionalization; or other synonyms of the word activation that mention both carbon and hydrogen or C and H; prompt on borylation; prompt on amination; prompt on carbon-carbon bond formation; prompt on directed ortho metalation or DOM]