Autooxidation of organic compounds

The trend for heterogeneous reactions in these systems is well illustrated in studies carried out for gas-phase auto-oxidation of simple tin compounds at higher temperatures (200-450 °C)247. These reactions are of environmental concern and serve as complementary information to what is known about lead-containing systems. For ETrSn, autooxidation is believed to be initiated by the initial decomposition shown in equation 51 followed by reaction with O2 (equation 52), by analogy to the mechanism for autooxidation of organic compounds. 

Staudinger, H. The autooxidation of organic compounds connection between autooxidation and benzoin formation. Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges. 1913,46, 3535-3538. 

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