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Methane all bound up
by
Phillip Broadwith, RSC
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last modified
10-23-09 02:38 AM
Copyright 2009, RSC
Protonating the Rh methyl compound with a boron based super acid (affectionately known as BArF) gives a complex in which methane coordinates through a C-H bond © Science
US chemists have characterised the first stable sigma-methane complex - in which methane binds to a metal without breaking its C-H bonds. The complex provides insight into the activation of unreactive alkanes and the possibility of expanding the use of methane to eventually replace oil as a feedstock for the chemical industry. More...
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/October/23100902.asp
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