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Photooxidation of Chloroform: Isolation and Characterization of Trichloromethyl Hydroperoxide
Author(s) -
Gäb Siegmar,
Turner Walter V.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198500501
Subject(s) - chloroform , chemistry , chloride , degradation (telecommunications) , photochemistry , irradiation , organic chemistry , medicinal chemistry , telecommunications , computer science , physics , nuclear physics
Trichloromethyl hydroperoxide 1 is unexpectedly stable; this discovery is of importance for the photooxidative degradation of organochlorine compounds in the atmosphere. 1 is formed upon irradiation of O 2 ‐saturated chloroform with sunlight; it reacts with N 2 O 5 to give 2 and with acetyl chloride to give the perester 3 .