Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. With the ever-increasing complexity of new drug compounds, their crystallization is ...

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.

Fodor, G., Kiss, J., and Sallay, I., J. Chem. Soc., 1858 (1951).

Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 999077, China ...