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The elementary steps of a recently reported methane activation reaction involving a platinum complex with a bidentate nitrogen ligand have been investigated using quantum chemical methods based on density functional theory. Our findings support a reaction mechanism involving formation of a σ-complex followed by oxidative addition.
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Heiberg et al. (1999) studied this question.
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