Methyl hydroperoxide is the organic compound with the formula CH3OOH. It is a volaltile colorless liquid. In addition to being of theoretical interest as the simplest organic hydroperoxide, methyl hydroperoxide is an intermediate in the oxidation of methane in the atmosphere.[1] When condensed or in concentrated form methyl hydroperoxide is rather explosive, unlike tertiary hydroperoxides such as tert-butylhydroperoxide.[2] Its laboratory preparation was first reported in 1929.[3]

Methyl hydroperoxide
Names
IUPAC name
Methaneperoxol
Other names
Hydroperoxide, methyl
Methane hydroperoxide
Methyl hydrogen peroxide
Hydroperoxymethane
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
  • InChI=1S/CH4O2/c1-3-2/h2H,1H3
    Key: MEUKEBNAABNAEX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • COO
Properties
CH4O2
Molar mass 48.041 g·mol−1
Appearance colorless liquid
Density 0.9967 g/cm3 at 15°C
Melting point <25 °C
Boiling point 46 °C (115 °F; 319 K)
Miscible in water and diethyl ether
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards
explosive
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

References

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  1. ^ Logan, Jennifer A.; Prather, Michael J.; Wofsy, Steven C.; McElroy, Michael B. (1981). "Tropospheric chemistry: A global perspective". Journal of Geophysical Research. 86 (C8): 7210. Bibcode:1981JGR....86.7210L. doi:10.1029/JC086iC08p07210.
  2. ^ Roger A. Sheldon (1983). Patai, Saul (ed.). Syntheses and Uses of Hydroperoxides and Dialkylperoxides. PATAI'S Chemistry of Functional Groups. John Wiley & Sons. doi:10.1002/9780470771730.ch6.
  3. ^ Rieche, Alfred; Hitz, Fritz (1929). "Über Monomethyl-hydroperoxyd)". Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft. 62 (8): 2458–2474. doi:10.1002/cber.19290620888.