Our original test mixture.

1

methyl phenyl sulfide

C7H8S

2

acetanilide

C8H9NO

7

phenanthrene

C14H10

4

4-chlorodiphenyl ether

C12H9ClO

6

9-fluorenone

C13H8O

5

benzophenone

C13H10O

3

diethylphthalate

C12H14O4

These were chosen because they were handy, because they were aromatic and

thus potentially difficult to oxidize, and because they contained a variety of heteroatoms.

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