Alkane single-catalyst systems

Alkane Metathesis by Single-Catalyst Systems 43 Alkane metathesis activity of different catalysts... 

In this section, the tandem system comprising of two catalysts for the alkane metathesis reaction will be discussed one catalyst for the dehydrogena-tion/hydrogenation steps and another one for the olefin metathesis step. In contrast to the multifunctional, single-catalyst systems, there are only a few reports that describe tandem, dual-catalyst systems for the alkane metathesis reaction [100]. Herein, the Chevron system will be discussed [8], followed by the recent development of another dual-catalytic system developed by Goldman and Brookhart [18]. 

In the single and dual-catalytic systems mentioned above, the catalyst activity is essentially driven by the performance of the C-H activation or the dehydrogenation steps and the stability of the catalyst. In this book chapter, we will focus on the evolution of these two classes of catalysts by looking at their specific reactivities toward alkanes. 

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