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Selective partial oxidation of ethane to ethanol and acetaldehyde by in situ generated H2O2 has been achieved under cathodic current passing through a carbon supported Nafion-H catalytic membrane. A correlation between H2O2 generation rate and reaction rate has been found.
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Frusteri, F., Savinov, E.N., Parmaliana, A. et al. Partial oxidation of ethane by in situ generated H2O2 . Catal Lett 27, 355–360 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00813922
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