Safe, One-Pot, Homogeneous Direct Synthesis of HO.

Hydrogen peroxide is an environmentally friendly oxidizing agent but current synthetic methods are wasteful. This is a result of the high flammability of H/O mixtures and/or the requirement for cocatalysts. In this paper, we report the synthesis of HO by means of a homogeneous catalyst, which allows a safe, one-pot synthesis in water, using only H and O.

C-H Arylation of Benzene with Aryl Halides using H and a Water-Soluble Rh-Based Electron Storage Catalyst.

This paper reports the first example of C-H arylation of benzene under mild conditions, using H as an electron source {turnover numbers (TONs)=0.7-2.0 for 24 h}.