A Comparative Study on the Oxidation Mechanisms of Substituted Phenolic Pollutants by Ferrate(VI) through Experiments and Density Functional Theory Calculations

Abstract

-transfer reaction was -R > -X > -(C═O)-. Moreover, the DOT pathway was found in the oxidation of all four substituted phenols, indicating that it may be a common reaction mechanism during the ferrate(VI) oxidation of phenolic compounds.