Patent ID: 7825059

Claim:
A process to prepare a trioxepane compound of the following formula (I) comprising at least 1 ppm to less than 3.5 wt % of dialkyl peroxide based on the total amount of peroxides, said process comprising the steps of reacting a glycol compound of the formula R 3 CHOH—CH 2 —C(CH 3 ) 2 OH with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of an acid to form a glycol hydroperoxide, purifying the glycol hydroperoxide, reacting the purified glycol hydroperoxide with a ketone or aldehyde of the formula R 1 R 2 CO in the presence of an acid to form the trioxepane compound, and purifying the trioxepane compound, wherein R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 are independently selected from hydrogen and a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group, with the proviso that if R 1 and R 2 are both methyl groups, R 3 is not hydrogen.