The Mechanism by Which Ionic Liquids Enable Shilov-Type CH Activation in an Oxidizing Medium
Zhitao Xu, Jonas Oxgaard, William A. Goddard III
2008Organometallics, 27(15), 3770-377318cited
Abstract
Quantum mechanical studies on methane CH activation catalyzed by PtCl_2 in concentrated H_2SO_4 and ionic liquid solution show that the effect of the ionic liquid is to enable Shilov-like chemistry in an oxidizing medium, by solvating the otherwise insoluble PtCl_2(s) in H_2SO_4. Other possible mechanisms have been investigated and discarded.
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Xu, Z., Oxgaard, J., & III, W. A. G. (2008). The Mechanism by Which Ionic Liquids Enable Shilov-Type CH Activation in an Oxidizing Medium. *Organometallics*, *27*(15), 3770-3773. https://doi.org/10.1021/om800274f