Decomposition acyl hydroperoxides

The exceptions to the rule were N-acryloyl and N -benzoyl groups, N-acylated hindered amines were found to be effective in inducing the decomposition of hydroperoxides more effectively than the secondary amine functionality. Solution studies in isooctane on the mode of action of hindered piperidines... 

Most frequently the polymerization process is initiated by free radicals obtained through the decomposition of hydroperoxides, alkyl peroxides, dialkyl peroxides, acyl peroxides, carboxylic ester peracids, salts of (tetraoxo)sulphuric acid, hydrogen peroxide, aliphatic azo compounds and bifunctional azobenzoin initiators. The rate of decomposition of different initiators into free radicals depends on their stmcture and on temperature. A measure of the efficiency of the initiator in the pol5mierization process is the half-decomposition period. 

Alkoxyall l Hydroperoxides. These compounds (1, X = OR , R = H) have been prepared by the ozonization of certain unsaturated compounds in alcohol solvents (10,125,126). 2-Methoxy-2-hydroperoxypropane [10027-74 ] (1, X = OR , R" = methyl), has been generated in methanol solution and spectral data obtained (127). A rapid exothermic decomposition upon concentration of this peroxide in a methylene chloride—methanol solution at 0°C has been reported (128). 2-Bromo-l-methoxy-l-methylethylhydroperoxide [98821-14-8]has been distilled (bp 60°C (bath temp.), 0.013 kPa) (129). Two cycHc alkoxyaLkyl hydroperoxides from cyclodecanone have been reported (1, where X = OR R, R = 5-oxo-l, 9-nonanediyl) with mp 94—95°C (R" = methyl) and mp 66—68°C (R" = ethyl) (130). Like other hydroperoxides, alkoxyaLkyl hydroperoxides can be acylated or alkylated (130,131). 

Minisci-type substitution is one of the most useful reactions for the synthesis of alkyl- and acyl-substituted heteroaromatics. The acyl radicals are formed by the redox decomposition from aldehyde and /-butyl hydroperoxide or by silver-catalyzed decarboxylation of a a-keto acid with persulfate. Synthesis of acylpyrazines 70 as ant pheromones are achieved by this methodology using trialkyl-substituted pyrazines 69 with the acyl radicals generated from aldehydes or a-keto acids (Equation 10) <1996J(P1)2345>. The latter radicals are highly effective for the acylation. Homolytic alkylation of 6-chloro-2-cyanopyrazine 71 is performed by silver-catalyzed decarboxylation of alkanoic acids to provide 5-alkyl-substituted pyrazines 72 (Scheme 18) <1996CCC1109>. 

The concentration of heavy metal ions that results in fat (oil) shelf-life instability is dependent on the nature of the metal ion and the fatty acid composition of the fat (oil). Edible oils of the linoleic acid type, such as sunflower and com germ oil, should contain less than 0.03 ppm Fe and 0.01 ppm Cu to maintain their stability. The concentration limit is 0.2 ppm for Cu and 2 ppm for Fe in fat with a high content of oleic and/or stearic acids, e. g. butter. Heavy metal ions trigger the autoxidation of unsaturated acyl lipids only when they contain hydroperoxides. That is, the presence of a hydroperoxide group is a prerequisite for metal ion activity, which leads to decomposition of the hydroperoxide group into a free radical ... 

In this protocol, cyclohexanone peroxide and 2-methyl-l-oxa-2-azaspiro[2.5]octane were used, in the presence of Fe(II) salt, as free-radical sources. Afterward, in 1969 Caronna et al. reported the acylation of aromatic bases by acyl radicals (Scheme 7(c)) [2], The nucleophilic character of acyl radicals, generated in situ by Fe(II)-mediated hydroperoxide decomposition (Scheme 7(a) and (b)), was demonstrated to play the key role in the process. 

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