Electrochemical decomposition of biformylperoxide. A quantum mechanical calculation

Abstract

Quantum mechanical calculations were performed on the primary products of electrodic redox reactions of biformylperoxide. The calculations predicted that CO₂, O₂, H₂, [graphic omitted], H₂CO and HCOOH should be the final products of the reaction. Experiments on benzoylperoxide showed the presence of O₂, [graphic omitted] and [graphic omitted] beside CO₂, ϕϕ and [graphic omitted] which are also the thermal decomposition products of benzoylperoxide.