Abstract
The main advances in the title area are reviewed with emphasis on catalytic alkane functionalization, both organometallic and bioinorganic. Current challenges are discussed. A tunable, selective hydrocarbon functionalization is still out of reach and resolving mechanistic problems has proved particularly challenging.
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Surface modificationAlkaneHomogeneousCatalysisChemistryHydrocarbonBioinorganic chemistryNanotechnologyTransition metalOrganometallic chemistryHomogeneous catalysisCombinatorial chemistryOrganic chemistryMaterials sciencePhysical chemistryPhysics
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Robert H. Crabtree
(2001).
Alkane C–H activation and functionalization with homogeneous transition metal catalysts: a century of progress—a new millennium in prospect.
Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions
(17)
, 2437-2450.
https://doi.org/10.1039/b103147n
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- 10.1039/b103147n