%0 Journal Article %T Thermal decomposittion of the acetone cyclic diperoxide in 1-octanol solution %A Leiva %A Laura C. A %A Jorge %A Nelly L %A Romero %A Jorge M %A Cafferata %A L¨¢zaro F. R %A G¨®mez Vara %A Manuel E %A Castro %A Eduardo A %J The Journal of Argentine Chemical Society %D 2008 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X the thermal decomposition reaction of acetone cyclic diperoxide (acdp) in 1-octanol (oct) solution, at the temperatures and initial concentration ranges of 130¡ã - 166 oc and (0.94-3.00) x 10-2 mol/l , respectively, follows a pseudo-first order kinetic law. acetone is the main organic decomposition product observed. the activation parameters values of the initial reaction step (dh# = 25.8 ¡À 0.3 kcal/mol; ds# = -19.1 ¡À 0.6 cal/mol k; ea = 26.6 ¡À 0.3 kcal/mol), support a reaction mechanism which includes a homolytic rupture of one peroxidic bond of the acdp molecule with participation of the solvent and involving a biradical intermediate. %K tetroxane %K thermal decomposition %K acdp %K diperoxide %K acdp. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1852-14282008000100011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en