Oxygen → 4-tert-Butylbenzoic acid

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To 25 milliliters of acetic acid were added 1.49 grams (10 millimoles) of 4-t-butyl-1-methylbenzene, 0.16 gram (1 millimole) of N-hydroxyphthalimide and 0.018 gram (0.05 millimole) of acetylacetonatocobalt(III) Co(AA)3, and the resultant mixture was stirred in an oxygen atmosphere at 100° C. for 6 hours. With a transformation rate of 95%, 4-t-butyl-1-methylbenzene was transformed into 4-t-butylbenzoic acid (yield 88%).

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