Sphalerite is a geochemical catalyst for carbon-hydrogen bond activation

Sphalerite is a geochemical catalyst for carbon-hydrogen bond activation.

Reactions among minerals and organic compounds in hydrothermal systems are critical components of the Earth's deep carbon cycle, provide energy for the deep biosphere, and may have implications for the origins of life. However, there is limited information as to how specific minerals influence the reactivity of organic compounds. Here we demonstrate mineral catalysis of the most fundamental com...

Carbon-hydrogen bond activation over tungsten carbide catalysts

Tungsten carbides with surface areas ranging from 4 to 39 m2/g were prepared by the temperatureprogrammed carburization of tungsten oxide and nitride powders with pure C H 4 o r a 48.9% CH4 in H 2 mixture. Oxygen uptakes on the carbides were low most likely because of the presence of graphitic carbon at the surface. Nevertheless, the carbides were active and selective for the dehydrogenation of...

Carbon-hydrogen and carbon-carbon bond activation with highly electrophilic transition metal complexes

Highly electron deficient scandocene derivatives of the types (q5-CsMe&ScR, {(q5-CsMe4)2SiMe2}ScR and {(q5-C5H3CMe3)2SiMe2}ScR catalyze the polymerization of ethylene, the head-to-tail dimerization of a olefins, the cyclization of a,w dienes to meth lene cycloalkanes, and the branching of 1,4 pentadienes to isoprenes. The mechanisms oythe individual steps have been studied. Key steps involve se...

Transition metal-catalyzed carbon-carbon bond activation.

This tutorial review deals with recent developments in the activation of C-C bonds in organic molecules that have been catalyzed by transition metal complexes. Many chemists have devised a variety of strategies for C-C bond activation and significant progress has been made in this field over the past few decades. However, there remain only a few examples of the catalytic activation of C-C bonds...

A versatile ruthenium catalyst for C-C bond formation by C-H bond activation.