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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: Bibinou on October 20, 2017, 09:17:07 AM
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Dear All,
Methyl chloroformate is incompatible strong oxidizing agents such as hydrogen peroxyde.
Does it transform it into methanol + HCl + CO2? Does it leeds to other uncontroled radical substances too ??? ?
THX
Regards
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Both!
Methyl chloroformate is mainly transformed to methanol + HCl + CO2.
But radical reactions are highly exothermic and thus, the heat of uncontrolled peroxidation generates various radicals that form different products by undergoing propagation and termination steps.