Dhr. Barton et al., RADICAL CHEMISTRY OF TERT-BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE (TBHP) - PART 2 - STUDIES OF THE FE-II-TBHP MECHANISM, New journal of chemistry, 22(6), 1998, pp. 565-568
By maintaining the iron catalyst in the ferrous [iron(II)] state, the
oxidation chemistry of TBHP was dominated by the tert-butoxyl radical.
Saturated hydrocarbons were readily oxidized.