Mechanism of decomposition of α,α-dimethylbenzyl hydroperoxide producing acetophenone and α,α-dimethylbenzyl alcohol in a constant proportion of 2 to 1

摘要

In the decomposition of α,α-dimethylbenzyl hydroperoxide (1) by use of copper(II) chlorocomplexes, the novel fact was found that the product ratio of acetophenone (2) to α,α-dimethylbenzyl alcohol (3) is 2 to 1. The kinetics of this result was investigated and a mechanism consistent with the experimental result is propo