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One electron transfer chain decomposition of trifluoroacetone diperoxide: The first 1, 2, 4, 5-tetroxane with O-transfer capability

…, G Asensio, R Curci, JA Marco, ME González-Núñez…

Index: Adam, Waldemar; Asensio, Gregorio; Curci, Ruggero; Marco, J. Alberto; Gonzalez-Nunez, Maria Elena; Mello, Rossella Tetrahedron Letters, 1992 , vol. 33, # 39 p. 5833 - 5836

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Abstract

Abstract Reaction of 1, 1, 1-trifluoropropanone (trifluoroacetone)(1a) with 30% hydrogen peroxide in the presence of conc. sulfuric acid afforded in good yield 3, 6-bis (trifluoromethyl)- 3, 6-dimethyl-1, 2, 4, 5-tetroxane or trifluoroacetone diperoxide (2a). Peroxide 2a is quantitatively converted into trifluoroacetone (1a) and dioxygen by a catalytic amount of tetrabutylammonium iodide through a reductive electron transfer chain reaction carried out ...