hydroperoxiden.

1900 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 78 626 The authors suggest that hydrogen peroxide, its acyl derivatives, and their peroxides should be called ‘hydroperoxide’, ‘peracids’ and ‘peroxides’ respectively.

1901 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 23 919 Ethyl hydroperoxide, is easily prepared by action of hydrogen peroxide upon ethyl sulphate. It..differs from its mother-substance hydrogen peroxide (now called hydroperoxide).

1948 Q. Rev. Biol. 23 200/2 Stern..was able to show..the existence of an intermediate compound between ethyl hydroperoxide and the enzyme catalase.

1977 J. March Adv. Org. Chem. (ed. 2) xiv. 647 Peroxy groups (ROO) can be introduced into susceptible organic molecules by treatment with a hydroperoxide in the presence of cuprous chloride or other catalysts.

2001 Daily Tel. 11 July 20/1 The study used vitamin C to induce conversion of lipid hydroperoxides (which are formed in the body during the oxidation of unsaturated fats) into compounds that can damage DNA.