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Chemical compounds containing main group elements and peroxide (O2)
The structure of the peroxodisulfate anion

In chemistry, main group peroxides are peroxide derivatives of the main group elements. Many compounds of the main group elements form peroxides (R−O−O−R'), and a few are of commercial significance.

Examples

With thousands of tons/year being produced annually, the peroxydisulfates, S2O2−8, are preeminent members of this class. These salts serve as initiators for polymerization of acrylates and styrene.

At one time, sodium perborate was used in detergents. It has since largely been replaced by sodium carbonate sesquiperhydrate.

Many peroxides are not commercially valuable but are of academic interest. One example is bis(trimethylsilyl) peroxide (Me3SiOOSiMe3). Phosphorus oxides form a number of peroxides, e.g. "P2O6".

References

  1. ^ Jakob, Harald; Leininger, Stefan; Lehmann, Thomas; Jacobi, Sylvia; Gutewort, Sven (2007). "Peroxo Compounds, Inorganic". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a19_177.pub2. ISBN 978-3527306732.
  2. Jih Ru Hwu; Buh-Luen Chen; Santhosh F. Neelamkavil; Yuzhong Chen (2002). "Bis(trimethylsilyl) Peroxide". Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. doi:10.1002/047084289X.rb219.pub3. ISBN 0-471-93623-5.
  3. Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.
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