Periodic Reporting for period 3 - Met_Cav (Metal-Functionalized Cavitands for a Site-Selective C-H hydroxylation of Aliphatic Compounds)

One of the major constituents of petroleum, alkanes, are mostly considered as synthetic dead ends. This is because of the inertness of their C-H bonds and therefore 90% of them are just burnt as fuel. Currently, the only available industrial process for the conversion of...