Hydrogen Peroxide → Benzophenone

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A mixture of 5 mmol of benzhydrol, 0.5 mmol of N-hydroxyphthalimide, and 5 ml of acetonitrile was stirred at 75° C. in an oxygen atmosphere (1 atm) for 18 hours. An iodometric analysis of a reaction mixture revealed that hydrogen peroxide was formed in yield of 42% (selectivity: 87%). Separately, as a result of a gas chromatographic analysis of the reaction mixture, the conversion rate from benzhydrol was 48%, and benzophenone was formed in yield of 48%.

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