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General properties of organic peroxides |
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Organic peroxides may generally be considered as derivatives of hydrogen peroxides (H2O2) in which one or both of the hydrogen atoms are replaced by an organic group. Organic peroxides contain the -O-O- bond within the molecular structure, and the chemical properties of the peroxides originate from this bond.
Organic peroxides may be classified by chemical structure as follows:
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| Hydroperoxides |
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| Dialkylperoxides |
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| Peroxyesters |
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| Diacylperoxides |
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| Peroxydicarbonates |
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| Peroxy ketals |
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| Ketone peroxides |
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There are various types of organic peroxides, e.g. refrigerated organic peroxides undergoing self-accelerating thermal decomposition below room temperature, stable organic peroxides which do not generate appreciable amounts of free radicals without being heated to high temperatures, and/or some peroxides which generate radicals reacting with an accelerator. |
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