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Ultrasonic Hydroxylation in a Fluorescence Analysis for Microgram Quantities of Benzoic Acid

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ULTRASONIC cavitation is able to bring about a variety of chemical reactions, including oxidation, reduction, polymerization, and depolymerization (see review1). Recent emphasis on the role of hydroxyl free radicals produced by ultrasound from water molecules2 suggested the possibility of direct ultrasonic hydroxylation of aromatic molecules. (The analogous hydroxylation by means of X-rays has been studied by Weiss et al.3).

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WEISSLER, A. Ultrasonic Hydroxylation in a Fluorescence Analysis for Microgram Quantities of Benzoic Acid. Nature 193, 1070 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1931070a0

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