tert-Butyl hydroperoxide → Di-tert-butyl peroxide

HRID 236429Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 236429 reaction equation

[C:1]([O:5][OH:6])([CH3:4])([CH3:3])[CH3:2]>C(O)(C)(C)C>[C:1]([O:5][O:6][C:1]([CH3:4])([CH3:3])[CH3:2])([CH3:4])([CH3:3])[CH3:2]

Participants

3

Reactant 1

HCID 6410tert-Butyl hydroperoxide

Product 1

HCID 8033Di-tert-butyl peroxide

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6386tert-ButanolSolvent

Procedure

in a dehydration step, dehydrating the mixture of tertiary butanol and tertiary butyl hydroperoxide to produce di-tertiary butyl peroxide,

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-5ecdd679abf241cd9bd76c490abfe071
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1987_02
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04644078

Reaction notes

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