Preparation of organic hydroperoxides

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR THE SELECTIVE PRODUCTION FROM TERTIARY BUTYL ALOCHOL OF TERTIARY-BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE, SAID PROCESS BEING CHARACTERIZED BY HIGH YIELDS OF DESIRED HYDROPEROXIDE PRODUCT AND HIGH CONVERSIONS OF HYDROGEN PEOXIDE REACTANT TO SAID HYDROPEROXIDE PRODUCT, WHICH CONSISTS OF THE STEPS OF MIXING IN LIQUID PHASE TERTIARY-BUTYL ALCOHOL, AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE HAVING A CONCENTRATION OF FROM ABOUT 30% TO ABOUT 50% BY WEIGHT H2O2, AND A STRONG MINERAL ACID IN PROPORTION CORRESPONDING TO A MOLAR EXCESS, FROM ABOUT 40% TO ABOUT 90% OVER THE AMOUNT THEORETICALLY REQUIRED, OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE RELATIVE TO THE TERTIARY-BUTYL ALCOHOL AND TO FROM 0.005 TO NOT OVER 0.4 MOLE OF STRONG ACID PER MOLE OF TERTIARY-BUTYL ALCOHOL, REACTING THE TERTIARY BUTYL ALCOHOL WITH THE AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF THE HYDROGEN PEROXIDE IN THE PESENCE OF THE STRONG MINERAL ACID AT A TEMPERATURE WITHIN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 40* C. TO ABOUT 70* C. AND THEN DECANTING THE TERTIARY BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE FROM THE RESULTING AQUEOUS MIXTURE.