Lv. Petrov et Vm. Solyanikov, ACID-CATALYZED FORMATION OF FREE-RADICALS IN THE REACTION OF HYDROPEROXIDES WITH KETONES, Russian chemical bulletin, 45(2), 1996, pp. 340-345
The kinetics of formation of free radicals in the cyclohexanone (CH)-t
ert-butyl-hydroperoxide (TBHP)-para-toluenesulfonic acid (PTSA) system
in acetonitrile was studied. The stoichiometry of the reaction corres
ponds to the consumption of two TBHP molecules per ketone molecule, wh
ereas the yield of free radicals is similar to 20 % based on the TBHP
reacted.