Patent ID: 7329359

Claim:
A method of destroying an organic compound in liquid media comprising: contacting said liquid media with a catalyst of formula: nN/Ce 1−x Zr c B b B′ b′ O 2−δ wherein n is a percentage from 0 to 25; N is one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Pt, Pd, Rh, Ru, Re, Os and Ir; x=b+b′+c; b, and b′ are each, independently of one another, between 0 to 0.99 and both of b and b′ are nonzero; x≦0.7; B is Mn, and B′ is Co, or Cu; c is between 0 and 0.2 and c is nonzero, δ is a number which renders the catalyst charge neutral; at a temperature and pressure sufficient to destroy said organic compound.