The Course of Autoöxidation Reactions in Polyisoprenes and Allied Compounds. I. The Structure and Reactive Tendencies of the Peroxides of Simple Olefins

Abstract

Abstract The structural changes which occur in olefinic substances when they undergo oxidation by molecular oxygen have never been elucidated, although many of these changes, such as the autoöxidation of drying oils and of rubber, are of enormous practical importance.