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Frontispiece: Methane Activation by 5 d Transition Metals: Energetics, Mechanisms, and Periodic Trends
Author(s) -
Armentrout Peter B.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201780161
Subject(s) - methane , catalysis , reactivity (psychology) , transition metal , energetics , chemistry , metal , periodic table , anaerobic oxidation of methane , chemical physics , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , physics , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Methane Activation Although it has been known for almost three decades that several 5d transition‐metal cations will activate methane at room temperature, a more detailed examination of these reactions across the periodic table has only recently been completed. Although the specific results obtained are not directly applicable to reactivity on analogous metal catalysts, these studies clearly elucidate the electronic structure characteristics needed for efficient CH bond activation at metal centers. Such insight should prove valuable in understanding and developing a catalyst for efficient and selective transformation of methane to species more easily transported and refined. For more information see the Minireview by P. B. Armentrout on page 10 ff.