Department of Chemistry

 

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2-8-2022

Citation

Patent No.: US 11,242,296 B2

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method of reducing or disproportionating peroxide, comprising combining an organic chalcogenide, an iron salt, and the peroxide in the presence of an additional reductant, which can be the organic chalcogenide. The method can be used to, e.g., prepare alcohols from peroxides and to disproportionate hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen.

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