Hydroperoxides

chemical compound

chemical compound

thumb|right|150px|The general structure of an organic hydroperoxide with the blue marked functional group, where R stands for any group, typically Organic compound|organic Hydroperoxides or peroxols are compounds of the form ROOH, where R stands for any group, typically organic, which contain the hydroperoxy functional group (). Hydroperoxide also refers to the hydroperoxide anion () and its salts, and the neutral hydroperoxyl radical (•OOH) consist of an unbound hydroperoxy group. When R is organic, the compounds are called organic hydroperoxides. Such compounds are a subset of organic peroxi