The Chemistry of Peroxides, Volume 3

The understanding of functional groups is key for the understanding of all organic chemistry. In the tradition of the Patai Series each volume treats all aspects of functional groups. Each volume contains chapters on the theoretical and physicochemical foundations; on analytical aspects; on reaction mechanisms; on applications in synthesis. Depending on the functional group there are additional chapters on industrial use, on medical use, and on human and environmental toxicity issues.

The last volume in the series on the topic (Peroxides Vol. 2) was published in 2006. In the eight years since then a lot of developments have taken place, especially in the areas of synthesis, analysis and a better theoretical understanding of the reaction mechanism, all of which are covered here.

As with all new volumes, the chapters are first published online in Patai's Chemistry of Functional Groups. Once a volume is completed online, it is then published in print format. The printed book offers the traditional quality of the Patai Book Series, complete with an extensive index.

Part 1

1 An introduction to the consequences of spin and bond strength in the chemistry of diatomic oxygen, peroxides, and related species 1

Alexander Greer

Alexandru T. Balaban

Joel F. Liebman

2 Applications of endoperoxides derived from acenes and singlet oxygen 21

Werner Fudickar

Torsten Linker

3 1,1-Dihydroperoxides 87

Chris Schwartz

Patrick H. Dussault

4 Peroxide intermediates of oxidation processes: Organic trioxides 125

Sergey L. Khursan

5 Organic tetroxides and mechanism of peroxy radical recombination 197

Sergey L. Khursan

6 1,2-Dioxatrisulfane (thiaperoxide) intermediates in type I and II photooxygenation reactions 231

Edward L. Clennan

7 Sulfoxylic and thiosulfurous acids and their dialkoxy derivatives 265

Sergei V. Makarov

Anna S. Makarova

Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu

8 Reactions of metal complexes with singlet oxygen 307

Matthias Selke

9 The chemistry of nitroso oxides 357

Ekaterina M. Chainikova

Sergey L. Khursan

Rustam L. Safiullin

10 Single-molecule reactive oxygen species detection in photocatalytic reactions 421

Takashi Tachikawa

Tetsuro Majima

11 Reactions of peroxides on solid surfaces 437

Rossella Mello

Maria Elena Gonzalez Nunez

12 Peroxide explosives 503

Thomas M. Klapotke

Thomas Wloka

13 Gas-phase ion chemistry of organic peroxides 531

Shuji Kato

Stephen J. Blanksby

14 Quantum chemical studies of carbonyl oxide chemistry in combustion and in the lower atmosphere 585

Keith T. Kuwata

15 Computational treatments of peroxy radicals in combustion and atmospheric reactions 633

Keith T. Kuwata

16 Heteroatom-substituted dioxetanes and their emerging biomedical applications 683

Gregory Nkepang

Youngjae You

17 The use of hydrogen peroxide for disinfection and sterilization applications 713

Gerald McDonnell

18 Generation and reactivity of lipid hydroperoxides in biological systems 747

Albert W. Girotti

Witold Korytowski

19 [ 18O]-Peroxides: Synthesis and biological applications 769

Paolo Di Mascio

Sayuri Miyamoto

Marisa H. G. Medeiros

Glaucia R. Martinez

Jean Cadet

20 Copper peroxide bioinorganic chemistry: From metalloenzymes to bioinspired synthetic systems 805

Isaac Garcia-Bosch

Kenneth D. Karlin

Subject Index 857

Professor Alexander Greer, Department of Chemistry, Brooklyn College, The City University of New York, New York, NY, USA.

Professor Joel F. Liebman, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland (UMBC), Baltimore, MD, USA,