Lauroyl peroxide acts as a bleaching agent, drying agent for fats, oils and waxes. Further, it serves as a polymerization initiator as well as vulcanizing agent. In addition to this, it plays an important role for high-pressure polyethylene and food used in bleaching agent.
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Aplicaciones
El peróxido de lauroilo actúa como agente blanqueador y agente de secado para grasas, aceites y ceras. Además, sirve como iniciador de polimerización, así como agente vulcanizante. Asimismo, desempeña un papel importante para el polietileno de alta presión y los alimentos utilizados en agentes blanqueadores.
Solubilidad
Soluble en aceites y disolventes orgánicos. Ligeramente soluble en alcohol. Insoluble en agua.
Notas
Incompatible con ácidos, bases, metales, agentes reductores, metales en polvo, agentes reductores fuertes y material combustible.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Free-radical initiator. Xanthates undergo hydrodesulfurization with the reagent in refluxing isopropanol: Tetrahedron Lett., 37, 5877 (1996). The reaction has been extended to the cyclization of 3-aroylpropyl xanthates to tetralones: Tetrahedron Lett., 38, 1759 (1997); 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolin-1-ones can be prepared similarly: Tetrahedron Lett., 39, 7295 (1998).
- Han, S.; Zard, S. Z. A convergent route to substituted azetidines and to Boc-protected 4-aminomethylpyrroles. Tetrahedron 2015, 71 (22), 3680-3689.
- Qiu, W.; Raghavanpillai, A.; Brown, P. A.; Atkinson, W. R.; Vincent, M. F.; Marshall, W. J. Ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) cotelomer iodides and their transformation to surface protection intermediates. J. Fluorine Chem. 2015, 169, 12-23.