A Chemical Reaction on Carbon-Hydrogen Borylation of Methane Published in Science

Scientists at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) collaborated with an international team to discover a novel chemical reaction, carbon-hydrogen borylation using methane.

Professor Mu-Hyun Baik of the Chemistry Department at KAIST and his student collaborated with an international team to discover a novel chemical reaction, carbon-hydrogen borylation using methane, and their research results were published in the March 25th issue of Science.

For details, please refer to the following press releases (links below) from the Institute for Basic Sciences (IBS) in Korea and the University of Pennsylvania in the United States.

Efficient Methane C-H Bond Activation Achieved for the First Time
The Institute for Basic Science, March 24, 2016

Penn Chemists Lay Groundwork for Countless New, Cleaner Uses of Methane
University of Pennsylvania, March 24, 2016

Published: 25 Mar 2016

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http://www.kaist.ac.kr/_prog/_board/?code=ed_news&mode=V&no=49002&upr_nt... Original article from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
https://www.ibs.re.kr/cop/bbs/BBSMSTR_000000000738/selectBoardArticle.do... The Institute for Basic Science press release
https://news.upenn.edu/news/penn-chemists-lay-groundwork-countless-new-c... The University of Pennsylvania press release