title: Chemistry. Enhanced: a view of unusual peroxides.
abstract: Chemical processes involving oxygen can lead to unstable peroxide molecules such as three-membered ring dioxiranes. In his Perspective, Greer describes the stability of a variety of heteroatom-containing dioxiranes and the tools used to characterize unstable peroxides species. He highlights the report by Ho et al., who have used low-temperature nuclear magnetic resonance to obtain direct evidence for dioxirane intermediates. The method may also be applicable to biological systems in which peroxides have been implicated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School and University Center and City University of New York-Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA. agreer@brooklyn.cuny.edu
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Greer
mesh_terms: D004852:Epoxy Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D006573:Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry; D010545:Peroxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D010758:Phosphorus; D026082:Singlet Oxygen
chemical_list: D004852:Epoxy Compounds; D006573:Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D010545:Peroxides; C478246:tris(2-methoxyphenyl)phosphadioxirane; C061799:dioxirane; D026082:Singlet Oxygen; D010758:Phosphorus; D010100:Oxygen