However, the selective oxidation of light alkanes remains a significant challenge. To date, scientists have explored various types of catalysts for this task. Although some offer decent ...

The results of this interdisciplinary work provide crucial information about oxidation processes both in combustion engines and in the atmosphere. Alkanes, an important component of fuels for ...

(colorless) (purple) (colorless) (brown ppt.) Reaction of an alkene with aqueous potassium permanganate results in addition of two hydroxyl groups to each side of the double bond to form a glycol. To ...

Direct functionalization of alkanes by oxidation of C–H bonds to form alcohols under mild conditions is a challenge for synthetic chemistry. Most alkanes contain a large number of C–H bonds ...

This so-called anaerobic oxidation of alkanes is an important yet poorly understood microbial process. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology and the Marum Center for ...

This study is aimed at developing innovative catalytic systems using novel oxyl-radical complexes of late transition-metals as key reactive speceis for oxidation of gaseous alkane substrates including ...

Fortunately, the sediments around the seeps host microbes that act as a biological filter: They consume most of the alkanes before their release into the oceans and our atmosphere. This so-called ...

Transition metal oxides are a kind of catalysts for oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes. However ... of catalysts for highly efficient selective oxidation catalysis," said Prof.

Compared with alkanes, alcohols have significantly higher boiling points. The hydroxyl groups in alcohol molecules are responsible for hydrogen bonding between the alcohol molecules. As greater ...