Royal Society of Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 7(24), p. 4196-4203, 2022
DOI: 10.1039/d1cp05371j
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The zeolite ring structure constrains the Cu–μO–Cu geometry and determines how the Cu–μO–Cu bonds weaken to allow a μO–H bond to form during the H–CH3 bond cleavage. The weaker the Cu–μO–Cu bonds, the stronger the μO–H bond.