Carbon–hydrogen bond activation
CLASS OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS
C-H activation; Carbon-hydrogen bond activation; CH activation; C-H bond activation:; C−H activation reaction; C-H bond activation; C-H activation reaction; C−H bond activation; C–H bond activation; C–H activation; C-H functionalization
Carbon–hydrogen bond functionalization (C–H functionalization) is a type of reaction in which a carbon–hydrogen bond is cleaved and replaced with a carbon–X bond (where X is usually carbon, oxygen, or nitrogen). The term usually implies that a transition metal is involved in the C-H cleavage process.