“…In addition, the introduction of reaction additives significantly improved the reaction progress for the enhanced catalyst dispersion and the lowered-down reaction barrier. 40,41 For instance, upon the addition of Na 2 HAsO 4 in the polar solvent, AOB was formed in significant quantities (Table S9,† entry 3). Various additives, including Na 2 CO 3 , K 2 CO 3 , NaHCO 3 , K 3 PO 4 , Na 2 SO 3 , Na 2 SO 4 , Na 2 HSO 3 , Na 2 S 2 O 3 , Na 2 S 2 O 4 , Na 2 S 2 O 8 , As 2 O 3 , NaAsO 2 and Na 2 HAsO 4 , were extensively investigated in polar solvents, where Na 2 S 2 O 8 demonstrated great oxidative reaction activity with excellent AB selectivity (Table S9,† entry 10).…”