Addition of peroxides to conjugated olefins catalyzed by copper salts

JK Kochi

Index: Kochi,J.K. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1962 , vol. 84, p. 2785 - 2793

Full Text: HTML

Citation Number: 22

Abstract

&Butyl peracetate and perbenzoate react with conjugated olefins under catalysis by copper salts to form adducts containing one or more olefin units. From butadiene, t-butoxybutenyl derivatives are formed which are the same as those derived from t-butyl hypochlorite or t- butyl hydroperoxide and ferrous sulfate. It is demonstrated that these t-butyl peresters and copper salts form t-butoxy radicals as intermediates, which add to butadiene to produce t- ...