Hydroperoxides of alkylarenes and their derivatives

CONTENTS
I. Introduction 133
II. Liquid-phase autoxidation of alkylarenes 133
III. Liquid-phase oxidation of dialkylbenzenes 137
IV. Liquid-phase oxidation of trialkylbenzenes 141
V. Liquid-phase oxidation of polynuclear arenes 142
VI. Liquid-phase oxidation of substituted alkylbenzenes 143
VII. Isolation and separation of hydroperoxides 144
VIII. Mechanism of liquid-phase oxidation of alkylarenes 145
IX. Mechanism and kinetics of the cleavage of hydroperoxides 146
X. Cleavage of hydroperoxides into phenols and aliphatic ketones 148
XI. Cleavage of hydroperoxides into alcohols, aldehydes, or ketones 149
XII. Formation of peroxides 150
XIII. Initiation of polymerisation by hydroperoxides 150