Dilauroyl peroxide is an
organic compound
In chemistry, organic compounds are generally any chemical compounds that contain carbon-hydrogen or carbon-carbon bonds. Due to carbon's ability to catenate (form chains with other carbon atoms), millions of organic compounds are known. The ...
with the formula (C
11H
23CO
2)
2. A colorless solid, it is often sold as a water-damped solid. It is the symmetrical
peroxide
In chemistry, peroxides are a group of compounds with the structure , where R = any element. The group in a peroxide is called the peroxide group or peroxo group. The nomenclature is somewhat variable.
The most common peroxide is hydrogen p ...
of
lauric acid
Lauric acid, systematically dodecanoic acid, is a saturated fatty acid with a 12-carbon atom chain, thus having many properties of medium-chain fatty acids. It is a bright white, powdery solid with a faint odor of bay oil or soap. The salts and es ...
. It is produced by treating
lauroyl chloride
Lauroyl chloride is the organic compound with the formula CH3(CH2)10COCl. It is the acid chloride of lauric acid. Lauroyl chloride is a standard reagent for installing the lauroyl group. It is mainly produced as a precursor to dilauroyl peroxid ...
with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of base:
:2C
11H
23COCl + H
2O
2 + 2NaOH → (C
11H
23CO
2)
2 + 2{{nbspHCl
References
Organic peroxides
Radical initiators