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J Am Soc Mass Spectrom. 2021 Dec 22; doi: 10.1021/jasms.1c00268. Epub 2021 Dec 22.

Generation of Phenol and Molecular Hydrogen through Catalyst-Free C-H Activation of Benzene by Water Radical Cations.

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Dongbo Mi, Yixuan Mao, Bingqing Wei, Yan-Chun Li, Xiaofeng Dong, Konstantin Chingin

Affiliations

  1. Jiangxi Key Laboratory for Mass Spectrometry and Instrumentation, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China.
  2. International Joint Research Laboratory of Nano-Micro Architecture Chemistry, Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China.

PMID: 34936361 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.1c00268

Abstract

Here, we report on the abundant formation of phenol and molecular hydrogen when benzene vapor was exposed to gas plasma generated by +5.5 kV corona discharge of water vapor in argon in the absence of oxygen. Systematic analysis using a series of isotopic standards (

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