The controlled oxidation of light alkanes is challenging chemistry. Here, we describe the further development of a catalytic system consisting of a tricopper cluster complex immobilized in mesoporous silica nanoparticles, which we have recently shown to be capable of efficient conversion of methane into methanol without overoxidation under ambient conditions, to follow the oxidation of (i) ethane to ethanol, (ii) propane to isopropanol and acetone, and (iii) a 1:1:1 mixture of methane, ethane and propane. The efficacy of the system to mediate the catalytic conversion of these light alkanes in natural gas into liquid oxidized products is also assessed.

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固定在介孔二氧化硅纳米粒子中的Tricopper簇配合物催化室温氧化的轻链烷烃∥

轻烷烃的受控氧化是具有挑战性的化学。在这里，我们描述了由固定在介孔二氧化硅纳米粒子中的三铜簇复合物组成的催化体系的进一步发展，我们最近证明该催化体系能够在环境条件下将甲烷有效转化为甲醇而不会发生过氧化，从而跟随（ i）乙烷至乙醇，（ii）丙烷至异丙醇和丙酮，以及（iii）甲烷，乙烷和丙烷的1：1：1混合物。还评估了该系统介导天然气中这些轻链烷烃催化转化为液体氧化产物的效率。