Activation of C-H Bonds: Catalytic Reactions

Agostic interaction and intramolecular proton transfer from the protonation of dihydrogen ortho metalated ruthenium complexes

“…atalytic transformation of alkanes and arenes via activation of an inert C-H bond is of considerable interest and remains a challenge to chemists (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13). Since the 1980s, many information have been gathered on the stoichiometric transformations of a C-H bond at a transition metal center (14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26).…”

Theoretical investigation of Ni(PMe3)4-catalyzed intermolecular hydroacylation of alkynes with benzaldehydes

“…Transition metal-catalyzed C-H bond activation has received considerable attention in synthetic organic chemistry, as the cleavage of an unreactive C-H bond and the subsequent addition of the C-H unit to unsaturated substrates such as alkenes and alkynes can lead to the formation of a new C-C bond [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. During the last two decades, many successful applications of catalytic C-H bond activation to give new C-C bonds have been reported [8].…”

Homogeneous, catalytic, oxidative coupling of methane to acetic acid in one step

“…This is primarily because the C-H bonds of methane are strong and efficient catalysts have not been developed that can economically, selectively and directly convert methane to functionalized molecules. Consequently, the development of new, selective, catalysts for direct conversion of methane to useful products is an important challenge in chemistry today [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14].…”