benzoyl peroxide

Meanings

nounbenzoyl peroxide (uncountable)

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

nounA peroxide derived from benzoic acid; it is used to bleach flour, and in many industrial and medical applications.

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Bulgarian бензоилпероксид

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