In one broadly useful mechanism for C–H bond activation, a metal oxo species abstracts a hydrogen atom from methane. Unfortunately, methane has unusually strong C–H bonds compared with other ...

carbon (C) and hydrogen (H). It exists naturally as a molecule. Each methane molecule has a central carbon atom joined to and surrounded by four hydrogen atoms. The chemical formula of methane is ...

The idea seems counterintuitive: after all, methane, the major component of natural gas, has been demonized by environmentalists for being a potent greenhouse gas. But a synthetic version could ...

Either way, something odd is happening on the Red Planet. Methane is relatively straightforward: It's just a carbon atom attached to four hydrogen atoms, and both of those elements are incredibly ...

In the reaction, the bonds in the methane and oxygen molecule come apart, the atoms rearrange and then re-bond to form water and carbon dioxide. The little number written at the lower right after an ...

Yu Liang from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has achieved highly efficient photo-driven carbonylation of methane (CH 4) with carbonic oxide (CO ...