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an active intermediate, which is generated via the reaction of 45 catalyze the oxidation of sulfur-containing molecules into
molecular oxygen with (Q8)3HIV9O28.
To study the interaction of (Q8)3HIV9O28 with molecular
oxygen, ESR spin-trap technique with DMPO as a trap for O2
sulfones.
We acknowledge the financial support from the National
Nature Science Foundation of China (NSFC Grant no. 21173214).
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was employed. Fig. 3 shows the ESR signals obtained from in
situ oxidation of DBT process. No ESR signals were observed at
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25 C and 60 C for the reaction system without (Q8)3HIV9O28.
With introduction of (Q8)3HIV9O28 no ESR signal was observed
50 Notes and references
a State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China.
b Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049,
55 † Electronic Supplementary Information (ESI) available: See
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