C–H activation has surfaced as an increasingly powerful tool for molecular sciences, with
notable applications to material sciences, crop protection, drug discovery, and …

High-valent metal–oxo species with multiply-bonded M–O groups have been proposed as
key intermediates in many biological and abiological catalytic oxidation reactions. These …

The most fundamental concepts in chemistry are structure, energetics, reactivity and their
inter-relationships, which are indispensable for promoting chemistry into a rational science …

Manganese is found in the active center of numerous enzymes that operate by an outer-
sphere homolytic C–H cleavage. Thus, a plethora of bioinspired radical-based C–H …

Oxidation catalysis not only plays a crucial role in the current chemical industry for the
production of key intermediates such as alcohols, epoxides, aldehydes, ketones and organic …

The selective oxidation of C H bonds and the use of O2 as a stoichiometric oxidant
represent two prominent challenges in organic chemistry. Copper (II) is a versatile oxidant …

Selective functionalization of unactivated C–H bonds, water oxidation, and dioxygen
reduction are extremely important reactions in the context of finding energy carriers and …

A photoexcited-nitroarene-mediated anaerobic C–H hydroxylation of aliphatic systems is
reported. The success of this reaction is due to the bifunctional nature of the photoexcited …

The area of direct asymmetric functionalization of inert C–H bonds has attracted
considerable attention in recent years. To realize this type of challenging but promising …

Propane nonoxidative dehydrogenation (PDH) is a promising route to produce propylene
with the development of shale gas exploration technology. Co-based catalysts with low cost …