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The oxidation of benzene to phenol by nitrogen(I) oxide is a recent ac
hievement in the field of gas-phase catalysis. For the first time it w
as shown to be possible to carry out this reaction over supported vana
dium, molybdenum and tungsten oxides [1]. Considerably better results
were able to be obtained by using zeolite catalysts [2-4]. Interest in
this reaction is particularly great because the introduction of a hyd
roxyl group into an aromatic ring is a difficult problem in organic sy
nthesis, and the hydroxylation of benzene by nitrous oxide is regarded
as the simplest reaction of this type that can be transferred to more
complex aromatic compounds.