Affiliation:
1. Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Abstract
Methane borylation in a cyclohexane sea
Although methane combusts readily at high temperatures, it is generally the hardest hydrocarbon to transform under gentler conditions, owing to its particularly strong C-H bonds. Cook
et al.
now show that soluble rhodium, iridium, and ruthenium catalysts can slice through these C-H bonds to add boron substituents to methane at 150°C. Smith
et al.
report the iridium-catalyzed reaction using phosphine ligands to enhance activity. Both studies were performed in cyclohexane solvent, revealing a remarkable selective preference for the methane reaction over functionalization of the cyclic hydrocarbon.
Science
, this issue pp.
1421
and
1424
Funder
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Basic Energy Sciences
NSF
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Cited by
168 articles.
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