• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.52 no.1
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• pp.23-29
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• 2008

Simple Keggin type tungsten and molybdenum heteropoly acids, H3PW12O40 and H3PMo12O40, were usedas water-tolerant catalysts for the oxidation of alcohols with 34% hydrogen peroxide in normal drinking water. Accordingto our findings, H3PW12O40 may be used as a simple, effective, and cheap catalyst for this type of transformation in nor-mal drinking water with excelent yields. Efects of diferent solvents at 25-80oC and changing concentration of catalystand substrate on the reaction progress were also studied.