Ethylbenzene hydroperoxide
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IUPAC name 1-hydroperoxyethylbenzene | |
Other names α-methylbenzyl hydroperoxide, 1-phenylethyl hydroperoxid | |
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.019.402 |
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Appearance | colorless liquid |
Density | 1.07500 g/cm3 |
Boiling point | 45 °C (113 °F; 318 K) 0.05 torr |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). |
Ethylbenzene hydroperoxide is the organic compound with the formula C6H5CH(O2H)CH3. A colorless liquid, EBHP is a common hydroperoxide. It has been used as an O-atom donor in organic synthesis. It is chiral. Together with tert-butyl hydroperoxide and cumene hydroperoxide, ethylbenzene hydroperoxide is important commercially.[1]
The compound is produced by direct reaction of ethylbenzene with oxygen, an autoxidation.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Roger A. Sheldon (1983). Patai, Saul (ed.). Syntheses and Uses of Hydroperoxides and Dialkylperoxides. PATAI'S Chemistry of Functional Groups. John Wiley & Sons. doi:10.1002/9780470771730.ch6.
- ^ Hermans, Ive; Peeters, Jozef; Jacobs, Pierre A. (2007). "Autoxidation of Ethylbenzene: The Mechanism Elucidated". The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 72 (8): 3057–3064. doi:10.1021/jo070040m. PMID 17362045.