Main group peroxides are peroxide derivatives of the
main group elements. Many compounds of the main group elements form peroxides, and a few are of commercial significance.
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Examples
With thousands of tons/year being produced annually, the peroxydisulfates, , are preeminent members of this class. These salts serve as initiator
An initiator can refer to:
* A person who instigates something.
* Modulated neutron initiator, a neutron source used in some nuclear weapons
** Initiator, an Explosive booster
** Initiator, the first Nuclear chain reaction
* Pyrotechnic initiator, ...
s for polymerization
In polymer chemistry, polymerization (American English), or polymerisation (British English), is a process of reacting monomer molecules together in a chemical reaction to form polymer chains or three-dimensional networks. There are many f ...
of acrylates and styrene.peroxycarbonate
In chemistry, peroxycarbonate (sometimes peroxocarbonate) or percarbonate is a divalent anion with formula . It is an oxocarbon anion that consists solely of carbon and oxygen. It would be the anion of a hypothetical peroxocarbonic acid HO–CO ...
s.
Many peroxides are not commercially valuable but are of academic interest. One example is bis(trimethylsilyl) peroxide
Bis(trimethylsilyl)peroxide (sometimes abbreviated as BTSP) is an organosilicon compound with the formula ((CH3)3SiO)2. It is a colorless liquid that is soluble in organic solvents so long as they lack acidic groups. The compound represents an a ...
(Me3SiOOSiMe3). Phosphorus oxides form a number of peroxides, e.g. "P2O6".[{{Greenwood&Earnshaw2nd]
References
Peroxides