Organic peroxides. II. The mechanism of the thermal decomposition of 6-heptenoyl peroxide in toluene. The rearrangements of the 5-hexenyl radical

RC Lamb, PW Ayers, MK Toney

Index: Lamb,R.C. et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1963 , vol. 85, p. 3483 - 3486

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Abstract

Kinetics and products of the thermal decomposition of 6-heptenoyl peroxide in toluene indicate that its initial cleavage is typical of saturated diacyl peroxides, ie, there is no neighboring group effect of the double bond, and little if any radical-induced decomposition. 1-Hexene, 1, 5-hexadiene, 5-hexenyl 6-heptenoate, 1, ll-dodecadiene, and 6-heptenoic acid are formed in the decomposition in pure toluene, and the same products are formed in ...