Cover Picture: Direct Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide from Hydrogen and Oxygen by Using a Water‐Soluble Iridium Complex and Flavin Mononucleotide (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 47/2013). Issue 47 (7th November 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shibata, Satoshi; Suenobu, Tomoyoshi; Fukuzumi, Shunichi
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 52:Issue 47(2013)
• Page Start: 12195
• Page End: 12195
• Publication Date: 2013-11-07
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201309060
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

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