Halogen-substituted peresters

Kinetic data for some chloro-substituted peresters are given in Table 97. For comparison the kinetic data for t-butyl peracetate are included. The rate of decomposition of r-butyl peroxy chloroformate is about 3 x 10 times greater than 

THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF SOME CHLORINE CONTAINING t-BUTYL PERESTERS AT 

I-butyl peracetate at 60 °C, which suggests a two-bond rupture in the rate-determining step for the former perester , viz. 

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