Functionalizing unactivated alkanes using reactions based on catalysts made from more-abundant materials
Friday, March 31, 2017 - 09:02
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org)—A team of chemists at the University of California has developed a cheaper way to functionalize unactivated alkanes (hydrocarbons such as ethane, methane and propane) by using much more abundant catalysts. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes the reaction design they created that overcomes prior challenges related to high-energy reactivity profiles.