Download or read book Polyoxoanion Mediated Methane Activation and Functionalization written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The overall goal of our DOE-funded research is to develop a chemical paradigm for polyoxoanion-supported transition-metal catalysis, with an emphasis on small molecule (H2, O2, CH4) catalytic activation and functionalization (CH4, RH). Sub-goals or sub-projects include solution (i.e. homogeneous) catalysis studies, and then the preparation and study where warranted of a new class of novel, polyoxoanion-based solid-state (heterogeneous) catalysts. Kinetic and mechanistic studies are an integral part of this work. The sub-projects are: catalytic and mechanistic studies of H2, O2, CH4 and other alkane activations, O2 activation and catalytic oxidations using (1,5-COD)Ir{center dot}P2W15Nb3O628−, and alkane, olefin and arene hydroxylations by P2W1--O61MnO617− and PhIO.