Direct functionalization of C−H bonds by electrophilic anions

^aWilhelm-Ostwald-Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany;
^bDepartment of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907;
^cPhysical Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352;
^dInstitut für Angewandte und Physikalische Chemie, Fachbereich 2-Biologie/Chemie, Universität Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany;
^eFritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, 14195 Berlin, Germany;
^fDepartment of Chemistry, University of the Free State, 9300 Bloemfontein, South Africa;
^gEnvironmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352;
^hAnorganische Chemie, Fakultät für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany

Edited by Robert H. Crabtree, Yale University, New Haven, CT, and approved August 3, 2020 (received for review March 9, 2020)

Footnotes

↵¹To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: jonas.warneke{at}uni-leipzig.de, knut.asmis{at}uni-leipzig.de, or jlaskin{at}purdue.edu.
↵²M.M., M.R., and X.M. contributed equally to this work.

Author contributions: J.W., G.E.J., H.I.K., K.R.A., and J.L. designed research; J.W., M.M., M.R., X.M., J.K.Y.L., M.G., S.D., E.A., and R.P.Y. performed research; C.J. contributed new reagents/analytic tools; J.W., M.M., M.R., X.M., V.A.A., E.A., R.P.Y., C.J., G.E.J., H.I.K., K.R.A., and J.L. analyzed data; J.W. wrote the paper; and V.A.A. performed important literature research.
The authors declare no competing interest.
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