organic hydroperoxide
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
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12 sectionsContents
- Properties
- Miscellaneous reactions
- Uses
- Precursors to epoxides
- Production of cyclohexanone and caprolactone
- Hock processes
- Formation
- By autoxidation
- From hydrogen peroxide
- Naturally occurring hydroperoxides
- Inorganic hydroperoxides
- References
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 peroxides, which have the formula ROOR. Organic hydroperoxides can either intentionally or unintentionally initiate explosive polymerisation in materials with saturated chemical bonds.
==Properties== The bond length in peroxides is about 1.45 Å, and the angles (R = H, C) are about 110° (water-like). Characteristically, the dihedral angles are about 120°. The bond is relatively weak, with a bond dissociation energy of , less than half the strengths of , , and bonds.