Applications of Hydrogen Peroxide and Derivatives

Beginning with an historical overview, and guidelines for the safe handling of peroxygens, this book covers key activation mechanisms, organic functional group oxidation's and the use of hydrogen peroxide with heterogeneous catalysts.

Beginning with an historical overview, and guidelines for the safe handling of peroxygens, this work goes on to cover key activation mechanisms, organic functional group oxidations and the use of hydrogen peroxide with heterogeneous catalysts. The clean-up of environmental pollutants; chemical purification; and extraction of metals form their ores are also discussed in detail, using examples from history. The versatility of this reagent may well prove to be a key to integrated pollution control in the future. This book is therefore intended for academics and industrialists at all levels, to encourage wider applications of the use of hydrogen peroxide in laboratories.

“"... well-organized and enjoyable overview ... this useful book is strongly recommended to anyone interested in oxidation or peroxygen chemistry ..."”

"... industrial chemists will welcome the applied chemistry details and the extensive references to the patent literature ... The book is recommended to industrial organic chemists and chemical engineers seeking environmentally friendly synthetic routes, and processes, and for those looking for treatment options for difficult waste streams. The monograph should be in every industrial library."

"... a very useful book ... facilitates the location of primary references including the patent literature. It can be recommended for students and practitioners of synthetic organic chemistry, environmental protection and clean-up, as well as catalytic oxidation."

"The book has been well researched with an excellent bibliography and should be a useful text for academics and industrialists for years to come."

"... an excellent reference and general text ... well-written, and particularly suited to practising organic chemists from academia and industry, at graduate and post-graduate levels."

James H Clark is Professor of Chemistry at the University of York, and is Founding Director of the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence and the Bio-renewables Development Centre. He started the award-winning company Starbons Ltd and he is now involved in commercialisation of novel bio-based solvents and new green technologies. He was founding scientific editor of the world-leading journal Green Chemistry. His research has led to numerous awards including Honorary Doctorates from universities in Belgium, Germany and Sweden. He has Visiting Professorships in South Africa and China, and was recently appointed as Chair-Professor at Fudan University. He has published over 500 articles (h index over 72) and written or edited over 20 books and is Editor-in-chief of the RSC Green Chemistry book series. He has received numerous awards and distinctions including the 2018 Green Chemistry prize.

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