The pyrolysis of bis(trifluoromethyl) peroxide CF3OOCF3 (BTMP) is known (1, 2) to produce equimolar amounts of CF3OF and COF2 by a complex reaction due to CF3O radicals formed by the initial thermal cleavage of the 0-0 bond in BTMP. If the pyrolysis of BTMP is carried out in the presence of peroxydisulfuryl difluoride S20eF2, the latter compound cleaves thermally (3, 4) into the fluorosulfate free radical SO3F, which then reacts with the CF3O radicals to form (5) the trifluoromethyl peroxysulfonate CF3OOSO2F; this compound is stable at the temperature of the experiment (~250 °C). Although the BTMP-S2O6F2 system presents special interest from the reaction kinetic point of view ( 6), we wish to report here on the analytical aspects of the problem which are interesting in their own right. Gas chromatography of compounds containing fluorine and oxygen presents special difficulties if quantitative analysis is attempted. Compounds containing sulfur, in addition to oxygen and fluorine, seem even more temperamental in their gas chromatographic behavior. This note deals with quantitative gas chromatographic analysis of mixtures consisting of BTMP, CF3OOSO2F, and S2O6F2.
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