title: Hydrogen-atom abstraction from methane by stoichiometric early transition metal oxide cluster cations.
abstract: Stoichiometric early transition metal oxide cations (TiO(2))(1-5)(+), (ZrO(2))(1-4)(+), (HfO(2))(1-2)(+), (V(2)O(5))(1-5)(+), (Nb(2)O(5))(1-3)(+), (Ta(2)O(5))(1-2)(+), (MoO(3))(1-2)(+), (WO(3))(1-3)(+), and Re(2)O(7)(+) are able to activate the C-H bond of methane under near room temperature conditions.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science (BNLMS), State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China.
authors.forename: Yan-Xia
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Xiao-Nan
authors.initials: XN
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Zhe-Chen
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Sheng-Gui
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Xun-Lei
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Ding