Resurgence and advancement of photochemical hydrogen atom transfer processes in selective alkane functionalizations

L Chang, S Wang, Q An, L Liu, H Wang, Y Li… - Chemical …, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The selective functionalization of alkanes has long been recognized as a prominent
challenge and an arduous task in organic synthesis. Hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) …

Homogeneous functionalization of methane

NJ Gunsalus, A Koppaka, SH Park, SM Bischof… - Chemical …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
One of the remaining “grand challenges” in chemistry is the development of a next
generation, less expensive, cleaner process that can allow the vast reserves of methane …

Selective functionalization of methane, ethane, and higher alkanes by cerium photocatalysis

A Hu, JJ Guo, H Pan, Z Zuo - Science, 2018‏ - science.org
With the recent soaring production of natural gas, the use of methane and other light
hydrocarbon feedstocks as starting materials in synthetic transformations is becoming …

Chemical and reactive transport processes associated with hydraulic fracturing of unconventional oil/gas shales

AD Jew, JL Druhan, M Ihme, AR Kovscek… - Chemical …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Hydraulic fracturing of unconventional oil/gas shales has changed the energy landscape of
the US Recovery of hydrocarbons from tight, hydraulically fractured shales is a highly …

Beyond ferryl-mediated hydroxylation: 40 years of the rebound mechanism and C–H activation

X Huang, JT Groves - JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2017‏ - Springer
Since our initial report in 1976, the oxygen rebound mechanism has become the consensus
mechanistic feature for an expanding variety of enzymatic C–H functionalization reactions …

Methane conversion into different hydrocarbons or oxygenates: current status and future perspectives in catalyst development and reactor operation

EV Kondratenko, T Peppel, D Seeburg… - Catalysis Science & …, 2017‏ - pubs.rsc.org
This Perspective highlights recent developments in methane conversion into different
hydrocarbons and oxygenates (methanol, its derivatives, and formaldehyde) with the …

Large-scale selective functionalization of alkanes

KI Goldberg, AS Goldman - Accounts of chemical research, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
Great progress has been made in the past several decades concerning C–H bond
functionalization. But despite many significant advances, a commercially viable large-scale …

Partial oxidation of methane enabled by decatungstate photocatalysis coupled to free radical chemistry

CB Musgrave III, K Olsen, NS Liebov, JT Groves… - ACS …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
The decatungstate anion,[W10O32] 4–or DT, is a useful photocatalyst for organic
transformations involving C–H functionalization. Herein, we leverage the unique photoredox …

Alkane C–H functionalization and oxidation with molecular oxygen

D Munz, T Strassner - Inorganic Chemistry, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
The application of environmentally benign, cheap, and economically viable oxidation
procedures is a key challenge of homogeneous, oxidative alkane functionalization. The …

A metal-free, photocatalytic method for aerobic alkane iodination

NA Hirscher, N Ohri, Q Yang, J Zhou… - Journal of the …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Halogenation is an important alkane functionalization strategy, but O2 is widely considered
the most desirable terminal oxidant. Here, the aerobic iodination of alkanes, including …