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Acid catalysis of homolytic decomposition of tert-butyl hydroperoxide in acetonitrile

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  1. 1.

    Under the influence of HClO4 in acetonitrile in the presence of styrene, tert-butyl hydroperoxide decomposes into free radicals.

  2. 2.

    In acetonitrile, under the influence of perchloric acid tert-butyl hydroperoxide decomposes to tert-butyl peroxide, acetone, and methanol. When [ROOH]o < [HClO4], decomposition is a first-order reaction with respect to [ROOH].

  3. 3.

    Addition of styrene to acetonitrile accelerates decomposition of the hydroperoxide, the principal decomposition product being tert-butyl peroxide.

  4. 4.

    Possible mechanisms of radical formation in this system are examined.

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  1. Chernogolovka Branch of the Institute of Chemical Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, USSR

    L. V. Petrov, V. M. Solyanikov & E. T. Denisov

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 739–747, April, 1977.

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Petrov, L.V., Solyanikov, V.M. & Denisov, E.T. Acid catalysis of homolytic decomposition of tert-butyl hydroperoxide in acetonitrile. Russ Chem Bull 26, 670–677 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01108178

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