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EntityQ413283· pop 36· linked from 554 articles

Also known as hyperoxide, superoxides, hyperoxides, superoxide compound, superoxide salt

In chemistry, a superoxide is a compound that contains the superoxide ion, which has the chemical formula . The systematic name of the anion is dioxide(1−). The reactive oxygen ion superoxide is particularly important as the product of the one-electron reduction of dioxygen , which occurs widely in nature. Molecular oxygen (dioxygen) is a diradical containing two unpaired electrons, and superoxide results from the addition of an electron which fills one of the two degenerate molecular orbitals, leaving a charged ionic species with a single unpaired electron and a net negative charge of −

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salt
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Superoxides
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oxidizing agent
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Category:Superoxides
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