Flashcards: Organic peroxides

Diacetyl peroxide is the organic peroxide with the formula (CH3CO2)2.

Ascaridole is a natural organic compound classified as a bicyclic monoterpene that has an unusual bridging peroxide functional group.

Benzoyl peroxide (BPO) is an organic compound in the peroxide family.

Di-tert-butyl peroxide or DTBP is an organic compound consisting of a peroxide group flanked by two tert-butyl groups.

tert-Butyl hydroperoxide (tBuOOH) is an organic peroxide widely used in a variety of oxidation processes, for example Sharpless epoxidation.

Artemisinin, also known as qinghao su (Chinese: 青蒿素), and its semi-synthetic derivatives are a group of drugs that possess the most rapid action of all current drugs against Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

meta-Chloroperoxybenzoic acid (mCPBA) is a peroxycarboxylic acid used widely as an oxidant in organic synthesis.

Hexamethylene triperoxide diamine (HMTD) is a high explosive organic compound.

Peracetic acid (also known as peroxyacetic acid, or PAA), is an organic compound with the formula CH3CO3H.

Acetone peroxide is an organic peroxide and a primary high explosive.

Arachidonic acid 5-hydroperoxide (5-hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid, 5-HPETE) is an intermediate in the metabolism of arachidonic acid by the ALOX5 enzyme in humans or Alox5 enzyme in other mammals.

Hydrogen peroxide - urea is a solid composed of equal amounts of hydrogen peroxide and urea.

Cumene hydroperoxide is an intermediate in the cumene process for developing phenol and acetone from benzene and propene.

Dihydroartemisinin (also known as dihydroqinghaosu, artenimol or DHA) is a drug used to treat malaria.

Methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (MEKP) is an organic peroxide, a high explosive similar to acetone peroxide.

Paramenthane hydroperoxide (PMHP) is an organic peroxide with a distinctive odor.

Artemotil (INN; also known as β-arteether), is a fast acting blood schizonticide specifically indicated for the treatment of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria and cerebral malaria cases.

Magnesium monoperoxyphthalate (MMPP) is a water-soluble peroxy acid used as an oxidant in organic synthesis.

Dimethyldioxirane (DMDO), also referred to as Murray's reagent in reference to Robert W.

Artemether is an antimalarial for the treatment of multiple drug-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

Artesunate (AS) is a medication used to treat malaria.

1,2,4-Trioxane is one of the isomers of trioxane.

Diethyl ether peroxides are a class of organic peroxides that slowly form in diethyl ether upon storage under air, light, or in the presence of metal by autoxidation.

Prostaglandin H2 is a type of prostaglandin and a precursor for many other biologically significant molecules.

Artelinic acid (or its salt, artelinate) is an experimental drug that is being investigated as a treatment for malaria.

Peroxyacetyl nitrate is a peroxyacyl nitrate.

Arterolane, also known as OZ277 or RBx 11160, is a substance that was tested for antimalarial activity by Ranbaxy Laboratories.

Ergosterol peroxide (5α,8α-epidioxy-22E-ergosta-6,22-dien-3β-ol) is a steroid derivative.

Nardosinone is a sesquiterpene and chemical constituent of Nardostachys jatamansi.

Verruculogen is a mycotoxin produced by certain strains of aspergillus that belongs to a class of naturally occurring 2,5-diketopiperazines.