The Kinetics of Thermal Decomposition of Acetyl-cyclo-hexylsulfonylperoxide

The kinetics of the decomposition of acetyl-cyclo-hexylsulfonylperoxide (SP, RS(O₂)OOC(O)CH₃, R = cyclo-C₆H₁₁) was studied in a C₆H₄Cl₂ solution in an O₂ atmosphere at 323–353 K and in an Ar atmosphere at 323–343 K. The rate constants of SP monomolecular decomposition (k ₁) and SP reaction with CH₃ ^· radicals (k ₃) were determined. The temperature dependences of these rate constants are described by equations log k ₁ = (14.5 ± 2.9) – (115.4 ± 19.0) – (2.3RT) and log k ₃= (11.6 ± 2.2) – (44.6 ± 14.2)/(2.3RT), where the activation energies are expressed in kJ/mol.