Journal of the American Chemical Society

Homogeneous catalytic photochemical functionalization of alkanes by. alpha.-dodecatungstophosphate. Rate behavior, energetics, and general characteristics of the …

RF Renneke, CL Hill

Index: Renneke, Roman F.; Hill, Craig L. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1988 , vol. 110, # 16 p. 5461 - 5470

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Abstract

Abstract: The photochemical functionalization of saturated hydrocarbons catalyzed by the heteropolytungstate a-dodecatungstophosphate in acetonitrile solution has been examined in detail. Under anaerobic conditions, the net processes involve oxidation of alkane, RH, and evolution of hydrogen (RH-R+ 1/2H2) with conversion of light into chemical energy (AHa>+ 30 kcal/mol of RH oxidized in some cases). The processes are catalytic in the ...