School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418, China ...

Laboratory of Synthesis and Natural Products (LSPN), Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-SB-ISIC-LSPN, BCH 5304, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland ...

THE oxidation of α-diketones and α-keto-carboxylic acids by hydrogen peroxide involves the breaking of the carbon-carbon bond between the carbonyl carbon and the carbonyl or carboxyl groups 1.