Bio-inspired oxidation of methane in water catalyzed by N-bridged diiron phthalocyanine complex

A. B. Sorokin (1) , E. V. Kudrik (1) , D. Bouchu

1 IRCELYON - Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l'environnement de Lyon

A stable mu-nitrido diiron phthalocyanine activates H2O2 to oxidize CH4 in water at 25-60 degrees C to methanol, formaldehyde and formic acid as evidenced using C-13 and O-18 labelling.

Domaines: Catalyse

A. B. Sorokin, E. V. Kudrik, D. Bouchu. Bio-inspired oxidation of methane in water catalyzed by N-bridged diiron phthalocyanine complex. Chemical Communications, 2008, 22, pp.2562-2564. ⟨10.1039/b804405h⟩. ⟨hal-00474639⟩