hydroperoxide

noun

hy·dro·per·ox·ide | \ ˌhī-drō-pə-ˈräk-ˌsīd

Definition of hydroperoxide

: a compound containing an O₂H group

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The Texas A&M study said that the plant held up to half a million pounds of one the chemicals, cumene hydroperoxide. — Julie Turkewitz, Henry Fountain And Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, "New Hazard in Storm Zone: Chemical Blasts and ‘Noxious’ Smoke," 31 Aug. 2017

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hydroperoxide

noun

hy·dro·per·ox·ide | \ -pə-ˈräk-ˌsīd

: a compound containing the monovalent group −OOH