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Photoaccelerated oxidation of chlorinated phenols
Gábor Lente1, James H Espenson
1Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary. lenteg@delfin.klte.hu
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|June 5, 2003
Abstract:
Exposure to visible light increases the rate of oxidation of chlorinated phenols by hydrogen peroxide in aqueous solution in either the presence or the absence of iron-based catalysts, which may be explained by the aqueous photoreactions of chloroquinone intermediates.