Silver(I)-Catalyzed Insertion of Carbene into Alkane C-H Bonds and the Origin of the Special Challenge of Methane Activation Using DFT as a Mechanist Probe

Silver(I)-Catalyzed Insertion of Carbene into Alkane C-H Bonds and the Origin of the Special Challenge of Methane Activation Using DFT as a Mechanist Probe. Flores, Jaime A.; Komine, Nobuyuki; Pal, Kuntal; Pinter, Balazs; Pink, Maren; Chen, Chun-Hsing; Caulton, Kenneth G.; Mindiola, Daniel J., ACS Catal., 2012, 2(10), 2066-2078. DOI: 10.1021/cs300256b.