Alkane Functionalization

ARMANDO J. L. POMBEIRO is full professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) of the Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa), Portugal. He is President of the College of Chemistry of ULisboa and of the Centro de Química Estrutural (IST), Director of the Catalysis and Sustainability (CATSUS) PhD program, and full member of the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon. His research addresses activation of small molecules with industrial, environmental or biological significance, including metal-mediated synthesis and catalysis (e.g., functionalization of alkanes), self-assembly of polynuclear and supramolecular structures, non-covalent interactions in synthesis, crystal engineering of coordination compounds, molecular electrochemistry and theoretical studies. He authored or edited 7 books, (co-)authored over 800 research publications and 40 patents. His work has received over 20,000 citations and he has an h index of over 60 (Web of Science). He is the recipient of several scientific prizes, including from the Chemical Societies of France, Royal Spanish and Portugal, as well as from the Technical University of Lisbon, and the Vanadis Award. M. FÁTIMA C. GUEDES DA SILVA is an Associate Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal. She is the Coordinator of the research group of Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis of the Centro de Química Estrutural, member of the Coordination Commission of this Centre and of the Directive Board of the Catalysis and Sustainability (CATSUS) PhD program. Her main research interests include: structural determination, by X-ray diffraction analysis, of metal complexes and organic compounds, metal polynuclear assemblies and supramolecular structures; activation, by transition metal centres, of small molecules with biological, pharmacological, environmental or industrial significance; metal mediated synthesis and catalysis; molecular electrochemistry and electrocatalysis; mechanistic investigation of fast reactions mainly by digital simulation of cyclic voltammetry. She co-authored ca. 300 research publications, 13 patents. She was awarded the Scientific Prize Universidade de Lisboa / CGD and the Scientific Prize of the Portuguese Electrochemical Society.

• About the editorsList of contributorsPrefaceArmando J.L. Pombeiro and M. Fátima C. Guedes da SilvaChapter 1 Alkane Functionalization: Introduction And OverviewArmando J.L. PombeiroPART I -  C-O BOND FORMATION. HYDROXYLATION AND OTHER OXYGENATION REACTIONSChapter 2 Activation and oxidative functionalization of alkanes with noble-metal catalysts: Molecular mechanismsEvgeniy G. ChepaikinChapter 3 Alkane-oxidizing systems based on metal complexes. Radical versus non-radical mechanismsGeorgiy B. Shul’pinChapter 4 Reactions of alkyl radicals in aqueous solutionsDan meyersteinChapter 5 C–H bond oxidation with transition metal based carbene complexesBruno Dominelli, Anja C. Lindhorst,Fritz E. KühnChapter 6 Alkane oxidation with C-scorpionate metal complexesLuísa M. D. R. S. MartinsChapter 7 Alkane oxidation with multinuclear heterometallic catalystsDmytro S. Nesterov, Oksana V. Nesterova and Armando J.L. PombeiroChapter 8 Oxidative functionalization of methane on heterogeneous catalystsMaricruz Sanchez-Sanchez and Johannes A. LercherChapter 9 Gas-phase oxidation of alkanesFabrizio Cavani, Alessandro Chieregato, Jose Manuel Lopez Nieto,Jean-Marc M. MilletPART II - BIOINSPIRED ALKANE FUNCTIONALIZATIONChapter 10 Recent developments of bio-inspired approaches to functionalization of light alkanesAlexander B. SorokinChapter 11 Regioselectivity of non-heme iron catalysts for C-H activationChristian R. GoldsmithChapter 12 Imine-based Iron and Manganese Complexes as Catalysts for Alkane FunctionalizationGiorgio Olivo, Osvaldo Lanzalunga,Stefano Di StefanoChapter 13 Alkane oxidation with biologically inspired nonheme iron catalysts based in the triazacyclononane ligand scaffold Miquel CostasChapter 14 The nature of high-valent oxometal intermediates of iron-aminopyridine mediated oxidationsOleg Y. Lyakin, konstantin P. Bryliakov, Evgenii P. TalsiChapter 15 Selective Oxidation of Alkanes by Metallo-Monooxygenases and their Nano-BiomimeticsChih-Cheng Liu,Yi-FangTtsai,Wondemagegn H. Wanna,Ravirala Ramu, Damodar Janmanchi, Sunney I. Chan,Steve S.-F. YuChapter 16 Alkane oxidation with vanadium and copper catalystsManas Sutradhar, Luísa M.D.R.S. Martins, M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva, ArmandoJ. L. PombeiroPART III – C-B, C-C AND C-N BOND FORMATIONChapter 17 Catalytic borylation of methane: combining computational and high-throughput screening approaches to discover a new catalystPavel Zatsepin, Dieter Sorsche, Seihwan Ahn,Mu-Hyun Baik, Daniel J. MindiolaChapter 18 Alkane carbonylation and carbene insertion reactionsAna M. Faisca Phillips and Armando J. L. PombeiroChapter 19 Catalytic alkane amidation and related reactionsDmytro S. Nesterov, Luís M. T. Frija, Armando J. L. Pombeiro, Maximilian N. KopylovichPART IV – DEHYDROGENATION REACTIONSChapter 20 Oxidative and non-oxidative routes to alkane dehydrogenationJay A. LabingerChapter 21 Dehydrogenation of alkanes using molecular catalystsHuaquan Fang, Guixia Liu, Zheng HuangPART V – UNCONVENTIONAL SYSTEMSChapter 22 Non-transition metal catalyzed oxidation of alkanes with peroxidesMaxim L. KuznetsovChapter 23 Metal-free functionalization of alkanesJincan Zhao,Jianlin HanChapter 24 Alkane functionalization under unconventional conditions: in ionic liquid, in supercritical co2 and microwave assistedAna P.C. Ribeiro,Eelisabete C.B.A. Alegria, António Palavra,Aarmando J.L. PombeiroChapter 25 Noncovalent interactions in alkane chemistryKamran T. Mahmudov,M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva, Fedor I. Zubkov, Armando J. L. PombeiroChapter 26 Alkane complexationRobert H. CrabtreeChapter 27 Alkane related C-H bond activation and functionalization of aliphatic aminesChristian Bruneau, Mathieu Achard