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List of Peroxidizable Compounds

Acetal
Acetaldehyde
Acrylamide
Acrylic Acid
Acrylonitrile
Allyl ethyl ether
Allyl phenyl ether
Allyl vinyl ether
1-Allyloxy-2,3-epoxypropane
Benzyl-1-naphthyl ether
Benzyl butyl ether
Benzyl ethyl ether
Bis(2-ethoxyethyl) ether
Bis(2-methoxyethyl) ether
1,3-Butadiene
1,3-Butadiyne
2-Butanol
Buten-3-yne
Butyl ethyl ether
Butyl formate
Butyl vinyl ether
2-Chloro-1,3-butadiene
1-Chloro-2,2-diethoxyethane
2-Chloroacrynitrile
2-Chloroethyl vinyl ether
Chloroethylene
Chloroprene
Chlorotrifluoroethylene
Cinnamaldehyde
Crotonaldehyde
Cyclohexene
Cyclooctene
Cyclopropyl methyl ether
Decahydronaphthalene
Decalin
Di(2-propynyl)ether
Diacetylene
Diallyl ether
Dibenzyl ether
p-Dibenzyloxybenzene
1,2-Dibenzyoxyethane
Dibutyl ether
1,1-Dichloroethylene
Dicyclopentadiene
1,1-Diethoxyethane
1,2-Diethoxyethane
Diethoxymethane
3,3-Diethoxypropene
Diethyl ether
Diethyl fumarate

Diethylene glycol dimethyl ether
Diethylketene
Digylme
2,3-Dihydrofuran
2,3-Dihydropyran
Diisopropyl ether*
1,1-Dimethoxyethane
1,2-Dimethoxyethane
1,1-Dimethoxypropane
2,2-Dimethoxypropane
3,3-Dimethoxypropene
2,2-Dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane
2,6-Dimethyl-1,4-dioxane
1,3-Dioxane
1,4-Dioxane
1,3-Dioxep-5-ene
1,3-Dioxol-4-en-2-one

Dipropoxymethane
Dipropyl ether
Divinyl acetylene*
Divinyl ether
1,2-Epoxy-3-isopropoxy propane
1-Ethoxy-2-propyne
2-Ethoxyethanol
2-Ethyl butanal
Ethyl isopropyl ether
Ethyl propenyl ether
Ethyl vinyl ether
2-Ethylacrylaldehyde oxime
Ethylene glycol dimethyl ether
2-Ethylhexanal
2-Ethylhexyl vinyl ether
2-Furaldehyde
Furan
Glyme compounds
4,5-Hexadien-2-yn-1-ol
2,4-Hexadienal
2,5-Hexadiyn-1-ol
2-Hexenal
Indole-2-carboxyaldehyde
Isobutyl vinyl ether
Isobutyraldehyde
Isopropoxypropionitrile
Isopropyl ether*
Isopropyl propyl ether
Isopropyl vinyl ether
2-Isopropylacrylaldehyde oxime
Isovaleraldehyde
Limonene
1,5-p-Menthadiene
Mehyoxy-1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene
2-Methoxyethanol
2-Methoxyethyl vinyl ether
Methyl acetylene
Methyl methacrylate
4-Methyl-1,3-dioxane
2-(1-Methylheptyl)-4,6-

dinitrophenyl crotonate
2,3-Methyl-2-methylene butanal
4-Methyl-2-pentanone
2-Methyltetrahydrofuran
Methyl vinyl ether
2-Penten-4-yn-3-ol
a-Pentylcinnamaldehyde
Potassium*

(forms yellow potassium
peroxide on the surface)

Potassium amide
2-Propanol
Propionaldehyde
2-Propyne-1-thiol
Sodium-5,8,11,14,-eicosatetraenoate
Sodium amide*
Sodium ethoxyacetylide
Styrene
1,1,2,3-Tetrachloro-1,3-butadiene
Tetrafluoroethylene
Tetrahydrofuran
Tetrahydronaphthalene
Tetrahydropyran
Tetralin
Tridecanal
1,3,3-Trimethoxypropene
3,3,5-Trimethyl-2-cyclo-hexene-

1-one (isophorone)
Vinyl acetate
Vinyl acetylene
Vinyl chloride
Vinyl ethers
Vinyl pyridine
4-Vinylcyclohexene
Vinylidene chloride
*Forms peroxides rapidly upon storage.
NOTE: Compounds with synonyms are listed under all known names.

From Handbook of Reactive Chemicals, L. Bretherick, 1990, and J. Chem Education, Jackson et al., vol. 47, No. 3 (1970).


 

 

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