Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Science, 5(14), p. 1301-1307, 2023
DOI: 10.1039/d2sc06573h
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A formal copper(iii) cyanide complex and its C–H cyanation reactivity are reported. The redox potentials of substrates, instead of C–H bond dissociation energies, were found to be the key determinant of the rates of PCET.