Hydroperoxide

Ball-and-stick model of methyl hydroperoxide, the simplest organic hydroperoxide. White balls are hydrogen, the black ball is carbon, and the red balls are oxygen.

Hydroperoxide is the −OOH functional group: an oxygen atom bonded to another oxygen atom which is itself bonded to a hydrogen atom. Organic compounds that have this group are also called hydroperoxides.

A chemical that has a hydroperoxide connected to an acyl group is called an organic peroxy acid.

Hydroperoxides are chemical unstable compounds. A technical usage of such compounds is the sharpless epoxidation.

References

  1. ↑ IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. (the "Gold Book") (2025). Online version: (2006–) "Hydroperoxides". doi:10.1351/goldbook.H02905
  2. ↑ Germany's professional association for raw materials and chemical industry. "Accidents caused by peroxide-forming substances" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2025-05-27.