T Butyl hydroperoxide

Younes, M. and Wess, A. (1990). The role of iron in t-butyl hydroperoxide-induced lipid peroxidation and hepatotoxicity in rats. J. Appl. Toxicol. 10, 313-317. 

The common initiators of this class are f-alkyl derivatives, for example, t-butyl hydroperoxide (59), Aamyl hydroperoxide (60), cumene hydroperoxide (61), and a range of peroxyketals (62). Hydroperoxides formed by hydrocarbon autoxidation have also been used as initiators of polymerization. 

Table 4. Solvents for Purification of Propylene Oxide From Epoxidation Using fe/t-Butyl Hydroperoxide

In order to obtain good yields, it is important to use dry solvent and reagents. The commercially available t-butyl hydroperoxide contains about 30% water for stabilization. For the use in a Sharpless epoxidation reaction the water has to be removed first. The effect of water present in the reaction mixture has for example been investigated by Sharpless et al. for the epoxidation of (E)-a-phenylcinnamyl alcohol, the addition of one equivalent of water led to a decrease in enantioselectivity from 99% e.e. to 48% e.e. 

Colona and coworkers oxidized a variety of alkyl aryl and heterocyclic sulfides to the sulfoxides using t-butyl hydroperoxide and a catalytic amount of a complex (97) derived from a transition metal and the imines of L-amino acids. Of the metals (M = TiO, Mo02, VO, Cu, Co, Fe), titanium gave the highest e.e. (21%), but molybdenum was the most efficient catalyst. The sulfoxides were accompanied by considerable sulfone125. 

Dimethyl peroxide Diethyl peroxide Di-t-butyl-di-peroxyphthalate Difuroyl peroxide Dibenzoyl peroxide Dimeric ethylidene peroxide Dimeric acetone peroxide Dimeric cyclohexanone peroxide Diozonide of phorone Dimethyl ketone peroxide Ethyl hydroperoxide Ethylene ozonide Hydroxymethyl methyl peroxide Hydroxymethyl hydroperoxide 1-Hydroxyethyl ethyl peroxide 1 -Hydroperoxy-1 -acetoxycyclodecan-6-one Isopropyl percarbonate Isopropyl hydroperoxide Methyl ethyl ketone peroxide Methyl hydroperoxide Methyl ethyl peroxide Monoperoxy succinic acid Nonanoyl peroxide (75% hydrocarbon solution) 1-Naphthoyl peroxide Oxalic acid ester of t-butyl hydroperoxide Ozonide of maleic anhydride Phenylhydrazone hydroperoxide Polymeric butadiene peroxide Polymeric isoprene peroxide Polymeric dimethylbutadiene peroxide Polymeric peroxides of methacrylic acid esters and styrene 

The effects of ROMs on liver have already been discussed. That iron is involved in such effects is indicated by the prevention of cell damage by t-butyl hydroperoxide by 

SHARPLESS Asymmetne Epoxidation EnanlioselectK/e epoxidation of altyl alcohois by means of Irtanlum a5(oxide, (+) or () diethyl tartarate (OET) and t butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) 

Preparation of (Me0)2P-0-R ROH, (MeO)3P, CBr4, Pyr, 70-98% yield. The alkyl dimethyl phosphite may then be oxidized to the corresponding phosphate by aq. iodine, t-butyl hydroperoxide, or peracid. 

Two polymer-supported reagents have been developed for the oxidation of sulphoxides to sulphones these involve peracid groups , and bound hypervalent metals activated by t-butyl hydroperoxide .  

Oxidative cleavage of oxosulfonium ylides as well as of sulfoximines leads to sulfone formation. In the course of oxidations of dialkoxy sulfuranes(IV) by hydrogen peroxide" or t-butyl hydroperoxide , sulfone formation takes place (equation 99). 

Dione 21-Acetate To a stirred solution of 500 mg of 9o-fluoro-11(3,21-dihydroxy-16-methyl-1,4,16-pregnatriene-3,20-dione 21-acetate in 5 ml of benzene and 5 ml of chloroform are added 0.50 ml of t-butyl hydroperoxide and 0.1 ml of a 35% methanolic solution of benzyl-trimethyl ammonium hydroxide. After 18 hours at room temperature, water is added and the mixture thoroughly extracted with chloroform. The chloroform extract is washed with saturated aqueous sodium chloride and dried over magnesium sulfate. Evaporation of the Solvent and crystallization of the residue from acetone-ether gives Bo-fluoro- 

Figure 1. Influence of T1O2 content of LT-aerogels on relative proportion of Si-O-Ti connectivities R = [Si-0-Ti]/(Si-0-Si], mean pore diameter, and initial rate (to) of a-iso-phorone ep>oxidation with t-butyl hydroperoxide at 60 C. Data taken from ref. [18].

Transition metal-catalyzed epoxidations, by peracids or peroxides, are complex and diverse in their reaction mechanisms (Section 5.05.4.2.2) (77MI50300). However, most advantageous conversions are possible using metal complexes. The use of t-butyl hydroperoxide with titanium tetraisopropoxide in the presence of tartrates gave asymmetric epoxides of 90-95% optical purity (80JA5974). 

Paraplex Propallants. A series of JATO proplnts (the PF-series) developed by the Aerojet Engrg Corp, Azusa, Calif using Paraplex P-10 resin-styrene mixt as a fuel ingredient in the amt of approx 26.5%. Other ingredients are AN or K perchlorate, 73.0%, and small amts of t-butyl-hydroperoxide or benzoylperoxide, 0.1 to 0.5% (as a polymerization catalyst) (Ref 2) 

When heated in the presence of a carboxyHc acid, cinnamyl alcohol is converted to the corresponding ester. Oxidation to cinnamaldehyde is readily accompHshed under Oppenauer conditions with furfural as a hydrogen acceptor in the presence of aluminum isopropoxide (44). Cinnamic acid is produced directly with strong oxidants such as chromic acid and nickel peroxide. The use of t-butyl hydroperoxide with vanadium pentoxide catalysis offers a selective method for epoxidation of the olefinic double bond of cinnamyl alcohol (45). 

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