Oxidation-induced C-H amination leads to a new avenue to build C-N bonds

In this work, we develop an oxidation-induced C-H functionalization strategy, which not only leads to a new avenue to build C-N bonds, but also leads to different site-selectivity compared with classic directing-groups''. The high selectivity of our new catalytic system originates from the heterogeneous electron-density distribution of the radical cation species which are induced by single electron transfer between the aromatics and oxidant-Cu(II) species.