tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide

• Formula: C₄H₁₀O₂
• Molecular weight: 90.1210
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H10O2/c1-4(2,3)6-5/h5H,1-3H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: CIHOLLKRGTVIJN-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 75-91-2
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: Hydroperoxide, 1,1-dimethylethyl; Cadox TBH; Perbutyl H; 2-Hydroperoxy-2-methylpropane; 1,1-Dimethylethyl hydroperoxide; tert-C4H9OOH; tert-Butyl hydrogen peroxide; Hydroperoxide, tert-butyl; Hydroperoxyde de butyle tertiaire; Slimicide DE-488; Terc. butylhydroperoxid; Trigonox A-75; TBHP-70; Trigonox A-W70; t-Butylhydroperoxide; Aztec t-butyl Hydroperoxide-70, Aq; Dimethylethyl hydroperoxide; T-Hydro; TBHP; Tertiary-butyl hydroperoxide; NSC 672
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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₄H₉O₂^- +  =

By formula: C₄H₉O₂^- + H⁺ = C₄H₁₀O₂

References

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Batich and Adam, 1974
Batich, C.; Adam, W., The photoelectron spectra of alkylperoxides, Tetrahedron Lett., 1974, 1467. [all data]

Holmes, Lossing, et al., 1991
Holmes, J.L.; Lossing, F.P.; Mayer, P.M., Heats of formation of oxygen-containing organic free radicals from appearance energy measurements, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991, 113, 9723. [all data]

Clifford, Wenthold, et al., 1998
Clifford, E.P.; Wenthold, P.G.; Gareyev, R.; Lineberger, W.C.; DePuy, C.H.; Bierbaum, V.M.; Ellison, G.B., Photoelectron spectroscopy, gas phase acidity, and thermochemistry of tert-butyl hydroperoxide: Mechanisms for the rearrangement of peroxyl radicals, J. Chem. Phys., 1998, 109, 23, 10293-10310, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.477725 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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