Effective and stable Pd catalysts for the biphasic synthesis of hydrogen peroxide from carbon monoxide, oxygen, and water [Eq. (a)] can be obtained by the right choice of bidentate nitrogen ligand. The best turnover numbers (578) for this reaction have been achieved with palladium complexes with 2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline ligands.
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Bianchi et al. (1999) studied this question.