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Advances in Physical Chemistry
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 835610, 11 pages
Polyethylene Glycols as Efficient Catalysts for the Oxidation of Xanthine Alkaloids by Ceric Ammonium Nitrate in Acetonitrile: A Kinetic and Mechanistic Approach
Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500 007, India
Received 1 January 2013; Revised 23 April 2013; Accepted 7 May 2013
Academic Editor: Jeffrey M. Zaleski
Copyright © 2013 S. Shylaja et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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