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Offline Marcus Soutlo

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Is peroxide O2?
« on: March 18, 2008, 08:35:40 PM »
Is peroxide O2?
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Re: Is peroxide O2?
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2008, 08:50:27 PM »
No.

O2 implies Oxygen, as in two oxygen atoms double bonded to each other:
O=O
Where as peroxide they are single bonded (because the oxygens are then connected to something else), as in hydrogen peroxide:
H-O-O-H

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peroxide


Edited: as per Argoss++, because I was a tard and made a typo!


« Last Edit: March 18, 2008, 09:20:20 PM by enahs »
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Re: Is peroxide O2?
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2008, 08:59:38 PM »
Dear Enahs;

I think you should remove one of the double bond you have spend.

Good Luck!
                    ARGOS++
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Re: Is peroxide O2?
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2008, 09:10:12 PM »
But isnt the chemical formula for peroxide is O2?
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Re: Is peroxide O2?
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2008, 09:13:28 PM »
The functional group:peroxide, can be regarded as O22-
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