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8686747 
Journal Article 
Oxidation of phenols and naphthols by molecular oxygen 
Denisova, AN; Denisov, ET; Metelitsa, DI 
1969 
1 
Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Division of Chemical Science
ISSN: 0568-5230 
18 
8 
1537-1542 
English 
1. The kinetics of the oxidation of phenols and naphthols by oxygen were studied at the temperature 120-220° in benzene and cyclohexane medium. The reaction of these compounds with oxygen proceeds bimolecularly with an initial rate W0=2k[InH][O2]. 2. The activation energies were determined and the rate constants were calculated for the reaction of oxygen with the following phenols:α-naphthol, paramethoxyphenol, β-naphthol, para-cresol, and phenol. 3. Satisfactory correlation was obtained between the logarithms of the rate constants of the reactions of InH +O2, on the one hand, and the critical redox potentials of the phenols and naphthols, the constants σ and σ+, and the logarithms of the rate constants of the reactions of InH+RO2, on the other hand. 1970 Consultants Bureau.