Heterolytic oxygen–oxygen bond formation via gem-dialkylperoxonium ions
Abstract
Different extents of decomposition for the cis and trans isomers of 4,5-epoxycyclo-octyl hydroperoxide coupled with the formation of oxygen (identified by Raman spectroscopy) and bicyclic ethers suggest a mechanism involving the heterolytic formation of protonated alkyl hydrotrioxides by nucleophilic attack of hydroperoxide on gem-dialkylperoxonium ions.