This creates an environment where the iron (III) ions from equation 1 gain an electron (reduction) from the solid copper cladding on the PCB, resulting in oxidation of the copper to copper (II ...

Since the first reports of the Kharasch-Sosnovsky reaction in 1958, the copper-catalyzed radical-mediated sp 3 C-H oxidation has emerged as an important method for the selective oxidation of ...