Ethyl hydroperoxide is the organic compound with the formula CH3CH2OOH. It is a colorless liquid that is miscible with water and diethyl ether.
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Ethaneperoxol
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Hydroperoxide, ethyl
Ethane hydroperoxide Ethyl hydrogen peroxide Hydroperoxyethane | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.019.284 |
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| C2H6O2 | |
| Molar mass | 62.068 g·mol−1 |
| Appearance | colorless liquid |
| Melting point | −100 °C (−148 °F; 173 K) |
| Boiling point | 95 °C (203 °F; 368 K) |
| Miscible in water and diethyl ether | |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Formation
editEthyl hydroperoxide is formed in the flame of burning alkanes.[1] Ethyl hydroperoxide is also formed in the catalytic reaction of ethane and hydrogen peroxide.[2] Yet another way to form ethyl hydroperoxide is by a photocatalytic oxidation of ethane:[3]
- CH3CH3 + O2 → CH3CH2OOH
References
edit- ^ Bierkandt, Thomas; Oßwald, Patrick; Gaiser, Nina; Krüger, Dominik; Köhler, Markus; Hoener, Martin; Shaqiri, Shkelqim; Kaczmarek, Dennis; Karakaya, Yasin; Hemberger, Patrick; Kasper, Tina (October 2021). "Observation of low‐temperature chemistry products in laminar premixed low‐pressure flames by molecular‐beam mass spectrometry". International Journal of Chemical Kinetics. 53 (10): 1063–1081. doi:10.1002/kin.21503. S2CID 236545874.
- ^ Forde, Michael M.; Armstrong, Robert D.; Hammond, Ceri; He, Qian; Jenkins, Robert L.; Kondrat, Simon A.; Dimitratos, Nikolaos; Lopez-Sanchez, Jose Antonio; Taylor, Stuart H.; Willock, David; Kiely, Christopher J.; Hutchings, Graham John (31 July 2013). "Partial Oxidation of Ethane to Oxygenates Using Fe- and Cu-Containing ZSM-5". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135 (30): 11087–11099. doi:10.1021/ja403060n. PMID 23802759.
- ^ Zhu, Yao; Fang, Siyuan; Chen, Shaoqin; Tong, Youjie; Wang, Chunling; Hu, Yun Hang (2021). "Highly efficient visible-light photocatalytic ethane oxidation into ethyl hydroperoxide as a radical reservoir". Chemical Science. 12 (16): 5825–5833. doi:10.1039/D1SC00694K. PMC 8179680. PMID 34168807.
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