Oxidation of 3,5-di-tert-butylcatechol i
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Xue-Feng Hu; Lei Wu
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Article
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2012
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English
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## Abstract The oxidase and dioxygenase reactions of 3,5-di-tert-butylcatechol (DTBC, I) in the presence of V-polyoxometalate were studied. It was found that the addition of a Lewis base quenched the V-polyoxometalate-catalysed catechol dioxygenase reaction and catalysed the oxidase reaction select