peroxo-
prefix
a variant form of peroxy-
peroxy- or (esp for inorganic compounds) peroxo-
combining form
indicating the presence of the peroxide group, -O–O- ⇒
peroxysulphuric acidAlso (not in technical usage): per-
1910 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XCVIII. ii. 858Tetraethylenediamine-µ-ammoniumperoxocobalticobalte salts.
Ibid. 869On heating with concentrated sulphuric acid, it is decomposed with evolution of oxygen and nitrogen, the volumes of these gases obtained showing that the compound contains a peroxo-group and tervalent and quadrivalent cobalt.
1930 Chem. Abstr. XXIV. 2672In the presence of air and light, peroxo compds. possessing unusual oxidizing powers are produced in addn. to the usual Fe+++ and Fe++ complex ions.
1943 Thorne & Roberts tr. Ephraim'sInorg. Chem. (ed. 4) xi. 321The simplest..of the multinucleate cobaltammines are the peroxo-salts X4. [ (NH3)5Co{b1}O{b1}O{b1}Co(NH3)5]
1959 R. S. Cahn Introd. Chem. Nomencl. 19Peroxoacids, in which {b1}O{b1} is replaced by {b1}O·O{b1}, are similarly distinguished by the prefix peroxo- (peroxy- or simply per- have frequently been used in the past), as, for example, in HNO4 peroxonitric acid.
1960 Heslop & Robinson Inorg. Chem. xxxvii. 527There are two peroxo-acids of sulphur, H2S2O8, peroxodisulphuric acid, and H2SO5, peroxomonosulphuric acid.
1966 Cotton & Wilkinson Adv. Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2) xiii. 376The peroxo acids are useful oxidants and sources of free radicals.
1971 Nomencl. Inorg. Chem. (I.U.P.A.C.) (ed. 2) 33The prefix peroxo-, when used in conjunction with the trivial names of acids, indicates substitution of {b1}O{b1} by {b1}O{b1}O{b1}.
1973 . [ see perboric a.]
ORIGIN: from per- 1 + oxo- .
peroxo-
combining form
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary per- + ox-
: peroxy- — in names of coordination complexes
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