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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p><jats:bold>No need for a metal</jats:bold>: A combination of mass spectrometry and computational studies (density functional theory and coupled‐cluster methods) shows that [P<jats:sub>4</jats:sub>O<jats:sub>10</jats:sub>]<jats:sup>.+</jats:sup> is the first polynuclear nonmetal oxide cation that is capable of activating the CH bond of methane at room temperature (see picture). This process represents a further example in the reactivity of oxygen‐centered radicals.<jats:boxed-text content-type="graphic" position="anchor"><jats:graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" mimetype="image/gif" position="anchor" specific-use="enlarged-web-image" xlink:href="graphic/mcontent.gif"><jats:alt-text>magnified image</jats:alt-text></jats:graphic></jats:boxed-text></jats:p>