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Hydrogen peroxide is widely used on an industrial scale in the production of inorganic and organic chemicals. Examples of its' applications are given below.
Chemical purification
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Of all the oxidizing agents employed by industry in chemical purification hydrogen peroxide is by far the most widely used.
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Epoxidation
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Epoxides are valuable and versatile commercial intermediates owing to the large range of reactions they undergo. A wide variety of peroxygen systems have been applied to epoxidize a range of olefin types and some of these applications are among the most long established uses of peroxygen products. |
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Halogenation
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In-situ generation of halogens based on peroxygen systems offers many advantages and can be used for the preparation of a wide range of organic halides or for the recovery of bromine from hydrogen halide waste streams.
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Hydroxylation
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Hydrogen peroxide is a powerful hydroxylation agent applied to olefins and aromatic nuclei.
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Lactone formation
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Ketones can be oxidised to esters by percarboxylic acids or in some cases by H202
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Oxidation
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Examples of applications of H202 for oxidation in the chemicals industry include alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, aromatic side-chains, aromatic nuclei, organic compounds containing nitrogen (amines) or sulphur and hydrogen halides. Hydrogen peroxide is especially attractive from an environmental view. |
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