General formulas of an organic peroxy acid (top) compared with a carboxylic acid (bottom).
A peroxy acid (often spelled as one word, peroxyacid, and sometimes called peracid) is an acid which contains an acidic –OOH group. The two main classes are those derived from conventional mineral acids, especially sulfuric acid, and the peroxy derivatives of organic carboxylic acids. They are generally strong oxidizers.
A peroxyacid (often spelled as one word, peroxyacid, and sometimes called peracid) is an acid which contains an acidic –OOH group. The two main classes...
Peracetic acid (also known as peroxyacetic acid, or PAA) is an organic compound with the formula CH3CO3H. This peroxyacid is a colorless liquid with a...
peroxides are: Peroxyacids, the peroxy derivatives of many familiar acids, examples being peroxymonosulfuric acid and peracetic acid, and their salts...
Phthalimidoperoxycaproic acid (ε- or 6-(phthalimido)peroxyhexanoic acid, abbreviated as PAP) is a synthetic organic peroxyacid derived from caprolactam...
made up of two parts: the peroxyacid precursor and the leaving group; and are modified by altering these parts. The peroxyacid precursor affects the bleaching...
chlorides with the peroxyacid. Peresters, an example being tert-Butyl peroxybenzoate, are produced by treating acid anhydrides or acid chlorides with hydroperoxides...
Trifluoroperacetic acid (trifluoroperoxyacetic acid, TFPAA) is an organofluorine compound, the peroxyacid analog of trifluoroacetic acid, with the condensed...
with a peroxyacid to form epoxides. It is named after Nikolai Prilezhaev, who first reported this reaction in 1909. A widely used peroxyacid for this...
into ethylene oxide using peroxyacids, for example, peroxybenzoic or meta-chloro-peroxybenzoic acid: Oxidation by peroxyacids is efficient for higher...
Peroxybenzoic acid is an organic compound with the formula C6H5CO3H. It is the simplest aryl peroxyacid. It may be synthesized from benzoic acid and hydrogen...
Peroxynitric acid or peroxonitric acid is a chemical compound with the formula HNO 4. It is an oxyacid of nitrogen, after peroxynitrous acid. Peroxynitrate...
Peroxydisulfuric acid is an inorganic compound with a chemical formula (HO3SO)2. Also called Marshall's acid after Professor Hugh Marshall, who discovered...
Peroxymonosulfuric acid, H 2SO 5, is also known as persulfuric acid, peroxysulfuric acid, or Caro's acid. In this acid, the S(VI) center adopts its characteristic...
Performic acid (PFA) is an organic compound with the formula CH2O3. It is an unstable colorless liquid which can be produced by mixing formic acid with hydrogen...
related ring-opening reaction involves peroxides to give the useful peroxyacid: C6H4(CO)2O + H2O2 → C6H4(CO3H)CO2H Phthalimide can be prepared by heating...
Magnesium monoperoxyphthalate (MMPP) is a water-soluble peroxyacid used as an oxidant in organic synthesis. Its main areas of use are the conversion...
Typically, the amine oxide is prepared from the corresponding amine with a peroxyacid or comparable oxidant. The actual elimination requires just heat. Illustrative...
dibenzoyl peroxide being a high volume example. Peroxyacids, such as peracetic acid and meta-chloroperoxybenzoic acid also are produced using hydrogen peroxide...
peroxide and an organic acid such as acetic or lactic acid. In the process, some of the organic acid becomes peroxyacid. The peroxyacid reacts with olefins...
produce oximes With reducing agents to form secondary alcohols With peroxyacids to form esters in the Baeyer–Villiger oxidation Ketones are pervasive...
carboxylic acid is an organic acid that contains a carboxyl group (−C(=O)−OH) attached to an R-group. The general formula of a carboxylic acid is often...
Peroxynitrous acid (HNO3) is a reactive nitrogen species (RNS). It is the conjugate acid of peroxynitrite (ONOO−). It has a pKa of approximately 6.8. It...
In organic chemistry, sulfonic acid (or sulphonic acid) refers to a member of the class of organosulfur compounds with the general formula R−S(=O)2−OH...
oxoacids (e.g. esters of acetic acid, carbonic acid, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, nitric acid, xanthic acid), but also from acids that do not contain oxygen...
An organic acid anhydride is an acid anhydride that is also an organic compound. An acid anhydride is a compound that has two acyl groups bonded to the...
unanticipated skeletal rearrangement when patchoulene was treated with peroxyacid in Büchi's confirmatory synthesis. The rearranged molecule coincidentally...
A xanthate is a salt or ester of a xanthic acid. The formula of the salt of xanthic acid is [R−O−CS2]−M+ (where R is organyl group and M is usually Na...
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