Unusual Inhibition Effect of 1-(1-Naphthyl)-1-methylethylhydroperoxide on the Liquid-Phase Oxidation of Isopropylarenes. GC−MS and Theoretical Studies of the Thermal Decomposition of 1-Naphthyl- and 1-Anthryl-1-methylethylhydroperoxides
have thus far never been described as thermaldecomposition products of 1-aryl-1-methylethylhydroperoxides. The plausible mechanism of the formation of 2-(1-aryloxy)propenes was proposed on the basis of AM-1 calculations of the possible rearrangement paths of the alkoxy radicals derived from the investigated hydroperoxides. The mechanism explains the inhibition effect of 1-(1-naphthyl)-1-methylethylhydroperoxide