Chemistry. Enhanced: a view of unusual peroxides
1Department of Chemistry, Graduate School and University Center and City University of New York-Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA. agreer@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Abstract:
Chemical processes involving oxygen can lead to unstable peroxide molecules such as three-membered ring dioxiranes. In his Perspective, Greer describes the stability of a variety of heteroatom-containing dioxiranes and the tools used to characterize unstable peroxides species. He highlights the report by Ho et al., who have used low-temperature nuclear magnetic resonance to obtain direct evidence for dioxirane intermediates. The method may also be applicable to biological systems in which peroxides have been implicated.
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