oa An Organic Process for the Manufacture of Hydrogen Peroxide

A new plant costing some million—the largest of its kind in the world—has recently been opened by Laporte Chemicals Ltd to produce hydrogen peroxide by the autoxidation of an anthraquinol. After separation of the hydrogen peroxide the anthraquinone formed is hydrogenated back to the quinol over a palladium catalyst and the solution recycled.