High-pressure studies. VIII. Thermal decomposition of isomeric tert-butyl vinyl peresters in solution

RC Neuman Jr, GD Holmes

Index: Neuman,R.C.; Holmes,G.D. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1971 , vol. 93, p. 4242 - 4246

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Abstract: The effects of pressure on the rates and decomposition products of the cis and trans isomers of rert-butyl 2-propyl-2-peroxypentenoate were determined using the solvent cumene. The data indicate that both isomers decompose by one-bond 0-0 scission to yield geminate vinylcarboxy and rerr-butoxy radicals. The isomeric vinylcarboxy radicals appear to have different reactivities. The data indicate that the initially formed geminate pairs ...