... C +H. S. Taylor, 1936Scheme 1CH4K2PtCl4CH3COOD, D2OCH3-CH2-OHHO-CH2-CH2-OHCH(4-n)DnDCl, 100 C Pt(II)/Pt(IV)major product!Garnett-Shilov, 1969H2O, 100 C Scheme ... of a postulated tran-sient alkoxycarbene ruthenium moiety is favored (Scheme 1 0) [20].With N-hydroxysuccinimide as mild oxidant and RuCl(cyclopentadienyl)(cy-clooctadiene) as catalyst precursor, ... distinction between “activation” and “reaction” can in principlebe made, “bond activation” is frequently equated with bond cleavage. For instance,activation of strong bonds (C H, C C, C F) is often...