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as for eco-friendly production of vitamin K3. This green
approach has some noteworthy eco-friendly properties, such as
the simplicity of catalyst reclamation from the reaction mixture
using a magnet, the use of molecular O2 as a non-toxic oxidant,
and the synthesis of water as a by-product. Bio-catalysts
(heterogeneous form) may improve the performance of the
catalytic method in green organic synthesis, particularly
accompanied by environmentally friendly solvents.
Conflicts of interest
There are no conicts to declare.
Fig. 16 Reaction kinetics, Hg(0) poisoning, and hot filtration studies
for oxidation of phenol.
Acknowledgements
This work was funded by the Zhejiang Provincial Natural
Science Foundation of China (Grant No. LQ15E080007), the
Jinhua Science and Technology Development Foundation of
China (Grant No. 2018-3-002), and the Qianjiang College
Natural Science Foundation of China (2019QJJL03).
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