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Oxidation of trimethylbenzene by the heteropoly vanadomolybdate-hydrogen peroxide system

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Oxidation of 1,3,5- and 1,2,4-trimethylbenzenes using heteropoly vanadomolybdate as catalyst in the presence of hydrogen peroxide under homogeneous conditions has been investigated. Phenol formation in the case of 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene and only side chain oxidation in the case 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene were observed. This behavior is explained in terms of the charge densities on different centers of both substrate molecules calculated by the MNDO method.

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Athilakshmi, Viswanathan, B. Oxidation of trimethylbenzene by the heteropoly vanadomolybdate-hydrogen peroxide system. React Kinet Catal Lett 64, 193–197 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02475388

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