
%0 Journal Article
%A Daly, NJ 
%A Steele, LP 
%T The hydrogen chloride catalysed decomposition of t-butyl isopropyl ether
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1972/04/01
%V 25
%N 4
%P 785-791
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9720785
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9720785 
%X Hydrogen chloride catalyses the decomposition of t-butyl isopropyl ether at 319-420º. The major products are isobutene and isopropyl alcohol; traces of propene and t-butyl alcohol are formed. The reaction is first order in each reagent and the Arrhenius equation is followed.     K2 = 1012.97±0.14exp(-32110 ± 400/RT)  The rate is not affected by the addition of cyclohexene or by an increase in the surface-to-volume ratio of the reaction vessel. The formation of traces of propene is discussed. 
