Activation of Methane and Ethane and Their Selective Oxidation to the Alcohols in Protic Media

Combined Low Temperature Rapid Scan and1H NMR Mechanistic Study of the Protonation and Subsequent Benzene Elimination from a (Diimine)platinum(II) Diphenyl Complex Relevant to Arene C−H Activation

“…14,[16][17][18] Practical application for C-H bond activation do not only implies that a C-H bond has to be broken, but also the functionalization of the resulting carbon entity by introduction of a heteroatom or formation of a new C-C bond. Systems involving transition metal complexes have proven to be good candidate and a few promising homogeneous systems have been developed 3,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30] with a particular interest for Pt(II) square planar metal complexes that will be addressed further. Extensive research has been aimed at studying the details of the selective functionalization of hydrocarbons.…”

Homogeneous Oxidation of Alkanes by Electrophilic Late Transition Metals

“…[53, 58, 79±84] Methane is perhaps the most attractive substrate for direct oxidation to its alcohol product, since it is by far the most abundant alkane and represents an enormous natural resource for use as a fuel and as a chemical feedstock. [1] Results published by Sen et al [83] and Labinger, Bercaw et al [80] indicate that methane and methanol exhibit similar reactivity with respect to the platinum salts under standard oxidation conditions. Unfortunately, the similarity in rates combined with the greater solubility of methanol in water will limit the practicality of this system.…”

Bromine catalyst for the methane to methyl bisulfate reaction

“…The reaction took place if methane pressure is higher than 3. 4 MPa and concentration of sulphur trioxide higher than Unauthenticated Download Date | 5/13/18 4:45 AM 6.6 wt%. The reaction stopped when these values fall.…”