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Science 22 December 1995:
Vol. 270. no. 5244, p. 1899
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The carbon-hydrogen (C-H) bonds of alkanes are strong and rather unpolarized and usually become chemically reactive only under extreme conditions or in the presence of very reactive species such as superacids. Arndtsen and Bergman (p. 1970) report the synthesis of a cationic iridium complex that can thermally activate methane and terminal alkanes in solution at 10°C. The reaction is selective and can also activate C-H bonds in functionalized molecules such as ethers and esters.




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