Converting methane into more useful and readily transportable compounds has previously required the use of metal-based oxo catalysts, but now sulfur and phosphorus are showing their mettle.
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Crabtree, R. A radical non-metal solution. Nature Chem 1, 348–349 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.311
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