Alkylperoxy Radical Isomerization and Cool Flames
Abstract
Studies of the combustion of n-hexane with special reference to the O-heterocyclic products formed show that these compounds are present in the largest quantities under cool flame conditions and that their concentration decreases sharply at the ignition boundary. O-heterocyclic compounds appear to be the main products of the intramolecular rearrangement of hexylperoxy radicals and their structure shows that they are derived predominantly from the 2-hexylperoxy radical. The amounts of the different O-heterocycles produced can, on the basis of reasonable assumptions, provide information regarding the relative susceptibility to intramolecular hydrogen abstraction of the 3-, 4- and 5-positions in the 2-hexylperoxy radical.
- Publication:
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A
- Pub Date:
- January 1966
- DOI:
- 10.1098/rspa.1966.0019
- Bibcode:
- 1966RSPSA.289..402C