764-81-8

Basic information

• Product Name: Heptyl hydroperoxide
• Synonyms: Heptyl hydroperoxide
• CAS NO: 764-81-8
• Molecular Formula: C₇H₁₆O₂
• Molecular Weight: 132.2
• Mol File: 764-81-8.mol
• Article Data: 6

Chemical Properties

• Melting Point: 35.5°C
• Boiling Point: 184.14°C (rough estimate)
• Flash Point: 76.8°C
• Appearance: /
• Density: 0.9202 (rough estimate)
• Vapor Pressure: 0.0674mmHg at 25°C
• Refractive Index: 1.4500 (estimate)
• CAS DataBase Reference: Heptyl hydroperoxide(CAS DataBase Reference)
• NIST Chemistry Reference: Heptyl hydroperoxide(764-81-8)
• EPA Substance Registry System: Heptyl hydroperoxide(764-81-8)

Safety Data

• Hazardous Substances Data: 764-81-8(Hazardous Substances Data)

Usage

InChI:InChI=1/C7H16O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-9-8/h8H,2-7H2,1H3

Upstream product

• 142-82-5 n-heptane 
• 111-70-6 n-heptan1ol 
• 16156-51-7 heptyl methanesulfonate 
• 7722-84-1 dihydrogen peroxide 
• 42092-01-3 n-heptylmagnesium chloride 

Downstream Products

• 111-70-6 n-heptan1ol 
• 629-06-1 1-Chloroheptane 
• 111-71-7 heptanal 
• 111-14-8 oenanthic acid 
• 40646-07-9 heptane-1,4-diol 
• 143-08-8 nonyl alcohol 

Relevant articles and documents

Synthesis and trichomonacidal activity of perketals and hydroperoxides

Some perketals were synthesized by the Dussault procedure using simple bromides and 2-methoxyprop-2-yl hydroperoxide. Treatment with acetic acid gave the corresponding hydroperoxides. Both perketals and hydroperoxides were tested in vitro as trichomonacid

Oxidations by the reagent "O2-H2O2-vanadium derivative-pyrazine-2-carboxylic acid". Part 12. Main features, kinetics and mechanism of alkane hydroperoxidation

Various combinations of vanadium derivatives (n-Bu4NVO3 is the best catalyst) with pyrazine-2-carboxylic acid (PCA) catalyse the oxidation of saturated hydrocarbons, RH, with hydrogen peroxide and air in acetonitrile solution to produce, at temperatures V(PCA)(H2O2) → VIV(PCA) + HOO. + H+. The VIV species thus formed reacts further with a second H2O2 molecule to generate the hydroxyl radical according to the equation VIV(PCA) + H2O2 → VV(PCA) + HO. + HO-. The concentration of the active species in the course of the catalytic process has been estimated to be as low as [V(PCA)H2O2] ≈ 3.3 × 10-6 mol dm-3. The effective rate constant for the cyclohexane oxidation (d[ROOH]/dt = keff[H2O2]0[V]0) is keff = 0.44 dm3 mol-1 s-1 at 40 °C, the effective activation energy is 17 ± 2 kcal mol-1. It is assumed that the accelerating role of PCA is due to its facilitating the proton transfer between the oxo and hydroxy ligands of the vanadium complex on the one hand and molecules of hydrogen peroxide and water on the other hand. For example: (pca)(O=)V ... H2O2 → (pca)(HO-)V-OOH. Such a "robot's arm mechanism" has analogies in enzyme catalysis.

Oxidations by the reagent O2-H2O2-vanadium complex - Pyrazine-2-carboxylic acid. Part 7. Hydroperoxidation of higher alkanes

Alkanes (n-heptane, 2- and 3-methylhexane, cis- and trans-decalin) are readily oxidized under air in acetonitrile by the O2-H2O2-PCA-VO3- reagent at room temperature to produce alkyl hydroperoxides as main products as well as minor amounts of the corresponding alcohols and carbonyl compounds. The site selectivities of the reactions are very similar to those observed with hydroxylation of the alkanes with hydrogen peroxide under UV irradiation. The proposed mechanism involves the catalytic formation of hydroxyl radicals from hydrogen peroxide which abstract hydrogen atoms from the alkanes. The alkyl radicals react rapidly with molecular oxygen to produce peroxyl radicals which are transformed mainly into the hydroperoxides.