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| | Alkanes oxidation |
 | | O-donor ligated complexes may have the potential for higher thermal, protic and oxidant stability given the expected covalent character of oxygen-metal bonds with the late transition metals and the lower basicity of oxygen. |
 | | These complexes are highly air and protic solvent stable and show catalytic exchange between alkanes/ arenes (methane, cyclohexane, n-octane, benzene, acetone) and protic solvents such as triflouroacetic acid, acetic acid, benzene, methanol and water. |
 | | This is an important result as it shows that the CH activation chemistry as well as the thermal stability to air and protic media of O-donor, late transition metal complexes are not unique to the acac-O,O complex and secondly, that the chemistry of O-donor, late-transition metal complexes can be significantly changed by ligand modification. |
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