Concepts of metal-mediated methane functionalization. An intersection of experiment and theory
2000 ◽
Vol 72
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pp. 2319-2332
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Concepts for the activation of methane are derived from ion-molecule reactions of mass-selected, ground-state transition-metal cations M+. Elementary steps of industrially important processes are uncovered (e.g., oxygenation of methane or its coupling with carbon dioxide). In addition, the implications of the electronic structures of M(CH2)+ complexes for their reactions with nucleophiles are discussed, and the crucial role of contemporary quantum mechanical calculations in the elucidation of mechanistic details is emphasized.
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1978 ◽
Vol 77
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pp. 131-137
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