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This figure compares earlier mechanisms for acrylate formation using mixed metal oxides, oxygen, and ammonia versus this work using N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI), oxygen, and lithium manganese oxides which leads to enhanced (99%) selectivity for all substrates8,9,10,11
