ACTIVATION OF METHANE

被引:74
作者
SCHWARZ, H
机构
[1] Institut für Organische Chemie, Technischen Universität, Berlin, W-1000
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ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION IN ENGLISH | 1991年 / 30卷 / 07期
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10.1002/anie.199108201
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
摘要
The attempts to functionalize the alkanes was dubbed the ''search for the chemist's Holy Grail'' by D. H. R. Barton. The controlled transformation of methane into ''more valuable'' products is of extreme economic importance and a scientific challenge, since not even today are all aspects of the activation of methane understood. Trikura and Beauchamp recently observed that slow ligand condensation follows the dehydrogenation of methane by some metals, leading to the coupling of several CH2 units [Eq. (a)], that is, only one metal atom need be involved.
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