Fig.1 Chlorine Dioxide Radical (IMAGE)

Osaka University

Fig.1 Chlorine Dioxide Radical

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Chlorine dioxide radical (ClO2•) was found to act as an efficient oxidizing agent in the aerobic oxygenation of methane to methanol and formic acid under photoirradiation. The yields of methanol and formic acid were 14% and 85%, respectively, with a methane conversion of 99% under ambient conditions (298 K, 1 atm) in a two-phase system comprising perfluorohexane and water.

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