How To Make Triacetone Triperoxide (TATP)

The following reaction is the first step in the industrial synthesis of acetone and phenol (C 6 H5 OH ). AIBN (2.2)-azobisisobutyronitrile) initiates radical reactions by breaking down upon heating to form two isobutyronitrile radicals and nitrogen gas. The isobutyryl radicals can then generate radicals in the substrate, and those radicals can eventually be captured by oxygen (O). Using an isobutyronitrile radical to initiate the reaction, write a mechanism for the following process. (FIGURE CAN

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