Fert-Butyl hydrogen peroxide

This gives tautomeric mixtures119 when the tert-butyl group is removed. The methyl ether has been used to obtain 3-hydroxy-2-carbonyl derivatives in the selenophene series.120 The unsubstituted 2-hydroxyselenophene system has been prepared by hydrogen peroxide oxidation of 2-selenophene-boronic acid.121 However, in the 5-methyl-substituted system deboronation became such an important side reaction that 5-methyl-2-hydroxyselenophene had to be prepared by acid-catalyzed dealkylation of 5-methyl-2-fert-butoxy-selenophene. Both 2-hydroxy- and 5-methyl-2-hydroxyselenophene exist mainly as 3-selenolene-2-ones (93) and for the 5-methyl derivative it was possible to isolate the / ,y-unsaturated form (92) and follow the tautomeric isomerization. The activation parameters thus obtained were compared with those for the corresponding furan and thiophene systems. 

Disproportionation reaction 7 might be expected to be thermoneutral in the gas phase and perhaps less so in the liquid phase where there is the possibility of hydrogen-bonding. Only for gas phase dimethyl peroxide is the prediction true, where the reaction enthalpy is —0.2 kJmoD. The liquid phase enthalpy of reaction is the incredible —61.5 kJmoD. Of course, we have expressed some doubt about the accuracy of the enthalpy of formation of methyl hydroperoxide. For teri-butyl cumyl peroxide, the prediction for thermoneutrality is in error by about 6 kJmor in the gas phase and by ca 9 kJmoD for the liquid. The enthalpy of reaction deviation from prediction increases slightly for tert-butyl peroxide — 14kJmol for the gas phase, which is virtually the same result as in the liquid phase, — 19kJmol . The reaction enthalpy is calculated to be far from neutrality for 2-fert-butylperoxy-2-methylhex-5-en-3-yne. The enthalpies of reaction are —86.1 kJmoD (g) and —91.5 kJmol (Iq). This same species showed discrepant behavior for reaction 6. Nevertheless, still assuming thermoneutrality for conversion of diethyl peroxide to ethyl hydroperoxide in reaction 7, the derived enthalpies of formation for ethyl hydroperoxide are —206 kJmoD (Iq) and —164 kJmoD (g). The liquid phase estimated value for ethyl hydroperoxide is much more reasonable than the experimentally determined value and is consistent with the other n-alkyl hydroperoxide values, either derived or accurately determined experimentally. 

The reaction proceeds via a pentacoordinate hydroxycarbonium ion transition state, which cleaves to either fert-butyl alcohol or the tert-butyl cation. Since 1 mol of isobutane requires 2 mol of hydrogen peroxide to complete the reaction, one can conclude that the intermediate alcohol or carbocation reacts with excess hydrogen peroxide, giving fcrt-butyl hydroperoxide. The superacid-induced rearrangement and cleavage of the hydroperoxide results in very rapid formation of the dimethylmethyl-carboxonium ion, which, upon hydrolysis, gives acetone and methyl alcohol. 

One additional piece of evidence supporting the formation of a mid-chain radical was obtained from an examination of hydrogen abstraction from polyacrylates. This mid-chain radical can be formed by hydrogen abstraction from polyacrylates by oxygen centered radicals. PolyfBA and fert-butyl peroxide (tBPO) were dissolved in benzene, and the mixture exhibited the ESR spectra shown in Fig. 17a under irradiation. The spectrum was similar to both the spectra observed in the polymerization system (Fig. d) and that reported by Westtnoreland et al. Furthermore, it was reasonably simulated by considering two sets of methylene protons with restricted rotation at both sides of the mid-chain radical, as shown in Fig. lib. Consequently, the radical observed at high temperatures (Fig. lib) is due to the formation of midchain radicals. 

Many types of peroxides (R-O-O-R ) are also utilized, including diacyl peroxides, peroxydicarbonates, peroxyesters, dialkyl peroxides, and inorganic peroxides such as persulfate, the latter being used mainly in water-based systems. The rate of peroxide decomposition as well as the subsequent reaction pathway is greatly affected by the nature of the peroxide chemical structure, as illustrated for fert-butyl peroxyesters in Scheme 4.2. Pathway (a), the formation of an acyloxy and an alkoxy radical via single bond scission, is favored for structures in which the carbon atom in the a-position to the carbonyl group is primary (for example, terf-butyl peroxyace-tate, R = CHg). Pathway (b), concerted two-bond scission, occurs for secondary and tertiary peroxyesters (for example, terf-butyl peroxypivalate, R = C(CH3)3) [1, 2]. The tert-butoxy radical formed in both pathways may decompose to acetone and a methyl radical, or abstract a hydrogen atom to form tert-butanol. 

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