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2. Facile intermolecular activation of carbon-hydrogen bonds in methane and other hydrocarbons and silicon-hydrogen bonds in silanes with the iridium(III) complex Cp*(PMe3)Ir(CH3)(OTf)
3. Unusually Mild and Selective Hydrocarbon C-H Bond Activation with Positively Charged Iridium(III) Complexes
4. Methane Metathesis at a Cationic Iridium Center