hydroperoxide

[ hahy-droh-puh-rok-sahyd ]

noun

1. any chemical compound having the general formula, ROOH, where R is an element or an organic group.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hydroperoxide¹

First recorded in 1920–25; hydro- ² + peroxide

Example Sentences

The team exposed red blood cells to a chemical called tert-butyl hydroperoxide that caused oxidative stress; the cells were then marked with a fluorescent label and injected into mice.

From Science Daily

The Texas A&M study said that the plant held up to half a million pounds of one the chemicals, cumene hydroperoxide.

From New York Times

Walter Dunn lives about 2,000 feet from Enduro’s plant, which houses up to 5,000 pounds of cumene hydroperoxide - explosive and reactive and a chemical he’d never heard of.

From Washington Times

In the final step the allylic hydroperoxide undergoes an acid-catalysed Hock fragmentation and rearrangement to afford a ring-opened keto-aldehyde enol.

From Nature

With this technique the hydroperoxide could be formed cleanly with no evidence of isomers or rearrangement products.

From Nature