CONJOINT PRODUCTION OF DITERTIARY BUTYL PEROXIDE AND TERTIARY BUTYL ALCOHOL FROM TERTIARY BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE

摘要

CONJOINT PRODUCTION OF DITERTIARY BUTYL PEROXIDE AND TERTIARY BUTYL ALCOHOL FROM TERTIARY BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE (Docket No. 81,837 -F) A method for conjointly preparing tertiary butyl alcohol and ditertiary butyl peroxide wherein a solution of a tertiary butyl hydroperoxide feedstock in tertiary butyl alcohol is charged to a hydroperoxide decomposition reaction zone containing a catalytically effective amount of a hydroperoxide decomposition catalyst consisting essentially of palladium supported on pelleted carbon, and is brought into contact with the catalyst in liquid phase under hydroperoxide decomposition reaction conditions to convert the tertiary butyl hydroperoxide to decomposition products, principally tertiary butyl alcohol and ditertiary butyl peroxide.