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Oxidation by Reduction: Efficient and Selective Oxidation of Alcohols by the Electrocatalytic Reduction of Peroxydisulfate
- Award ID(s):
- 2002158
- PAR ID:
- 10379406
- Publisher / Repository:
- American Chemical Society
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Volume:
- 144
- Issue:
- 46
- ISSN:
- 0002-7863
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 21103-21115
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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