The book has been divided into two parts. Fast part of in this book is the synthetic point of view and describes the oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons (viz. naphthalene, anthracene, phenanthrene, cyclohexane, benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene and propyl benzene), aromatic phenols (viz. quinol, p-cresol, phenol and resorcinol) and aromatic aldehydes (viz. 3,4, dimethoxy benzaldehyde, 3,4,5, trimethoxy benzaldehyde) by cerium(IV) sulphate in presence of acetic acid, catalyzed by iridium(III) chloride in solution phase and in the absence of acetic acid in solid phase under microwave irradiation....