benzoyl peroxide
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benzoyl peroxide (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) A peroxide derived from benzoic acid; it is used to bleach flour, and in many industrial and medical applications.
- 2007, Robert B. Grossman, The Art of Writing Reasonable Organic Reaction Mechanisms, →ISBN:
- The O–O bond in benzoyl peroxide and the C–N bonds in AIBN homolyze under thermal or photochemical conditions.
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