“…However, the oxidant H 2 O 2 has some serious drawbacks, such as expensive, inherently corrosive, easily decomposable and especially, in high concentrations, is prone to be lower selectivity etc. Thus, for a long time much attention has been paid to the direct hydroxylation of benzene by O 2 (air) with the assistance of H 2 [8][9][10], CO [11] or ascorbate [12,13] and transitionmetal catalyst, such as Cu, Pd, or Pt. Nevertheless, there is a potential risk of explosion when H 2 (CO) and O 2 are fed simultaneously and ascorbate as a consumptive reagent might be costly.…”