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THE catalysis of autoxidation by heavy metals has wide ramifications in the fields of biochemistry and chemical industry and is of considerable academic interest. In spite of this, relatively little fundamental work has been undertaken except with polar solvents1,2.
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BANKS, G., CHALK, A., DAWSON, J. et al. Catalysis of Olefin Autoxidation by Heavy-Metal Ions in Non-Polar Media. Nature 174, 274–275 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/174274a0
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