NOVEL INITIATOR FOR PREPARING ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS FROM ALKANE AND OLEUM

摘要

A compound of the formula (I) ALK-SO2—O—O—SO2OX, wherein ALK is a branched or unbranched alkyl group, especially a methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, isopropyl, isobutyl group, or a higher alkyl group, and X=hydrogen, zinc, aluminium, an alkali or alkaline earth metal.