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When an ether is exposed to air for a prolonged time, it undergoes a radical chain reaction with oxygen gas to form explosive hydroperoxides. The overall reaction between diethyl ether and O₂ is shown here. Provide a complete, detailed mechanism for this reaction, includingan initiation step, propagation steps, and two plausible termination steps. Hint: In its ground state, O₂ is a diradical.

OOH
+ O2lg)
A hydroperoxide of
diethyl ether

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