Hydrogen peroxide is an ideal oxidant. It cannot yet be used widely, because viable catalysts aren't available for many industrially important processes. But there are encouraging indications of progress.
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Strukul, G. How green was my ester. Nature 412, 388–389 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35086670
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