Download Tables of Peroxide Forming Compounds

Attachment—Tables of Peroxide Forming Compounds
Table A--Chemicals that form explosive levels of peroxides without concentration.
Butadinea
Isopropyl ether
Chloroprenea
Divinylacetylene
Potassium amide
Potassium metal
Sodium amide
(sodamide)
Tetrafluoroethylenea
Vinylidene chloride
Table B--Chemicals that form explosive levels of peroxides upon concentration
Acetal
Acetaldehyde
Benzyl alcohol
2-Butanol
Cumene
Cyclohexanol
2-Cyclohexen-1-ol
Cyclohexene
Decahydronaphthalene
Diacetylene
Dicyclopentadiene
Diethyl ether
Diethylene glycol
dimethyl ether (diglyme)
Dioxanes
Ethylene glycol dimethyl
ether (glyme)
4-Heptanol
2-Hexanol
Methylacetylene
3-Methyl-1-butanol
Methylcyclopentane
Methyl isobutyl ketone
4-Methyl-2-pentanol
2-Pentanol
4-Penten-1-ol
1-Phenylethanol
2-Phenylethanol
2-Propanol
Tetrahydrofuran
Tetrahydronaphthalene
Vinyl ethers
Other secondary alcohols
Table C--Chemicals that may autopolymerize as a result of peroxide accumulation
Acrylic acidb
Acrylonitrileb
Butadienec
Chloroprenec
Chlorotrifluoroethylene
Methyl methacrylateb
Styrene
Tetrafluoroethylenec
Vinyl acetate
Vinylacetylene
Vinyl chloride
Vinylpyridine
Vinyladiene chloride
Attachment—Tables of Peroxide Forming Compounds
Table D--Chemicals that may form peroxides but cannot clearly be placed in Tables
A - C.
Acrolein
p-Chlorophenetole
4,5-Hexadien-2-yn-1-ol
d
d
Allyl ether
Cyclooctene
n-Hexyl ether
Allyl ethyl ether
Cyclopropyl methyl ether o,p-Iodophenetole
Allyl phenyl ether
Diallyl etherd
Isoamyl benzyl etherd
p-(n-Amyloxy)benzoyl
p-Di-n-butoxybenzene
Isoamyl etherd
chloride
n-Amyl ether
1,2-Dibenzyloxyethaned
Isobutyl vinyl ether
Benzyl n-butyl etherd
p-Dibenzyloxybenzened
Isophoroned
d
Benxyl ether
1,2-Dichloroethyl ethyl
B-Isopropoxyether
propionitriled
d
Benzyl ethyl ether
2,4-Dichlorophenetole
Isopropyl
Benzyl methyl ether
Diethoxymethaned
Limonene
Benzyl 1-napthyl etherd
2,2-Diethoxypropane
1,5-p-Methadiene
1,2-Bis(2-chloroethoxy)Diethyl ethoxymethylene- Methyl p-(nethane
malonate
amyloxy)benzoate
d
Bis(2 ethoxyethyl)ether
Diethyl fumarate
4-Methyl-2-pentanone
Bis(2(methoxyethoxy)Diethyl acetald
n-Methylphenetole
ethyl) ether
Bis(2-chloroethyl) ether
Diethyketenef
2-Methyltetra-hydrofuran
Bis(2-ethoxyethyl) adipate m,o,p-Diethoxybenzene
3-Methoxy-1-butyl acetate
Bis(2-ethoxyethyl)
1,2-Diethoxyethane
2-Methoxy-ethanol
phthalate
Bis(2-methoxyethyl)
Dimethoxymethaned
Methonxy-1,3,5,7carbonate
cyclooctatetraene
Bis(2-methoxyethyl) ether 1,1-Dimethoxyethaned
B-Methoxy-propionitrile
f
Bis(2-methoxyethyl)
Dimethylketene
m-Nitro-phenetole
phthalate
Bis(2-methoxymethyl)
3,3-Dimethoxypropene
1-Octene
adipate
Bis(2-n-butoxyethyl)
2,4-Dinitrophenetole
Oxybis(2-ethyl acetate)
phthalate
Bis(2-phenoxyethyl) ether 1,3-Dioxepaned
Oxybis(2-ethyl benzoate)
f
Bis(4-chlorobutyl) ether
Di(1-propynyl)ether
B,B-oxydi-propionitrile
Bis(chloromethyl) ethere
Di(2-propynyl)ether
1-Pentene
d
2-Bromomethyl ethyl
Di-n-propoxymethane
Phenoxyacetyl chloride
ether
B-Bromophenetole
1,2-Epoxy-3a-Phenoxy-propionyl
isopropoxypropaned
chloride
o-Bromophenetole
1,2-Epoxy-3Phenyl o-propyl ether
phenoxypropane
p-Bromophenetole
p-Ethoxyacetho-phenone
p-Phenylphenetone
3-Bromopropyl phenyl
1-(2-Ethoxyethoxy)-ethyl n-Propyl ether
ether
acetate
Attachment—Tables of Peroxide Forming Compounds
1,3-Butadiyne
Buten-3-yne
n-Butyl phenyl ether
2-Ethoxyethyl acetate
(2-Ethoxyethyl)-o-benzoyl
benzoate
1-Ethoxynaphthalene
o,p-Ethoxyphenyl
isocyanate
1-Ethoxy-2-propyne
n-Butyl vinyl ether
3-Ethoxyopropionitrile
Chloroacetaldehyde
diethylacetald
2-Chlorobutadiene
2-Ethylacrylaldehyde
oxime
2-Ethylbutanol
1-(2-Chloroethoxy)-2phenoxyethane
Chloroethylene
Ethyl B-ethoxypropionate
2-Ethylhexanal
Chloromethyl methyl
ethere
B-Chlorophenetole
o-Chlorophenetole
Ethyl vinyl ether
tert—Butyl ethyl ether
tert-Butyl methyl ether
Furan
2,5-Hexadiyn-1-ol
n-Propyl isopropyl ether
Sodium 8,11,14-eicosatetraenoate
Sodium ethoxyacetylidef
Tetrahydropyran
Triethylene glycol
diacetate
Triethylene glycol
dipropionate
1,3,3-Trimethoxypropened
1,1,2,3-Tetrachloro-1,3butadiene
4-Vinyl cyclohexene
2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetate
Vinylene carbonate
Vinylidene chlorided
NOTES:
a
When stored as a liquid monomer.
b
Although these chemicals form peroxides, no explosions involving these
monomers have been reported.
c
When stored in liquid form, these chemicals form explosive levels of peroxides
without concentration. They may also be stored as a gas in gas cylinders. When
stored as a gas, these chemicals may autopolymerize as a result of peroxide
accumulation.
d
These chemicals easily form peroxides and should probably be considered under
Part B.
e
OSHA - regulated carcinogen.
f
Extremely reactive and unstable compound.