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ArticleNature communications2024

Main-group compounds selectively activate natural gas alkanes under room temperature and atmospheric pressure.

Runbo Pei, Wenju Chang, Liancheng He, Tao Wang, Yue Zhao, Yong Liang, Xinping Wang

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Runbo Pei *State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Wenju Chang *College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China.
Liancheng He *State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Tao WangState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8522-3171
Yue ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6094-4087
Yong LiangState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. yongliang@nju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5026-6710
Xinping WangState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. xpwang@nju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1555-890X

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 22231005Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Foundation) BK20230018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most C-H bond activations of natural gas alkanes rely on transition metal complexes. Activations by using main-group systems have been reported but required heating or photo-irradiation under high atmospheric pressure with rather low regioselectivity. Here we report that Lewis acid-carbene adducts facilely undergo oxidative additions to C-H bonds of ethane, propane and n-butane with high selectivity under room temperature and atmospheric pressure. The Lewis acids can be moved by the addition of a base and the carbene-derived products can be easily converted into aldehydes. This work offers a route for main-group element compounds to selectively functionalise C-H bonds of natural gas alkanes and other small molecules.

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