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1 General and theoretical aspects of the peroxide group (Robert D. Bach). <p>2 The structural chemistry of acyclic organic peroxides (Jens Hartung and Ingrid Svoboda).</p> <p>3 Thermochemistry of peroxides (Suzanne W. Slayden and Joel F. Liebman).</p> <p>4 17O NMR spectroscopy of organic compounds containing the O−O group (Giovanni Cerioni and Francesca Mocci).</p> <p>5 Synthesis of cyclic peroxides (Edward E. Korshin and Mario D. Bachi).</p> <p>6 Synthetic uses of peroxides (Albrecht Berkessel and Nadine Vogl).</p> <p>7 Analytical and safety aspects of organic peroxides and related functional groups (Jacob Zabicky).</p> <p>8 Silicon and germanium peroxides (Wataru Ando).</p> <p>9 Selective formation of allylic hydroperoxides via singlet oxygen ene reaction (Michael Orfanopoulos, Georgios C. Vougioukalakis and Manolis Stratakis).</p> <p>10 Polar effects in decomposition of peroxidic compounds and related reactions (Sung Soo Kim).</p> <p>11 Peroxides in biological systems (Jean Cadet and Paolo Di Mascio).</p> <p>12 Sulfur and phosphorus peroxides (Vidyadhar Jadhav, Min Young Park and Yong Hae Kim).</p> <p>13 Transition metal peroxides. Synthesis and role in oxidation reactions (Valeria Conte and Olga Bortolini).</p> <p>14 Contemporary dioxirane chemistry: Epoxidations, heteroatom oxidations and CH insertions (Waldemar Adam and Cong-Gui Zhao).</p> <p>15 Contemporary trends in dioxetane chemistry (Waldemar Adam and Alexei V. Trofimov).</p> <p>16 Chemiluminescence of organic peroxides (Wilhelm J. Baader, C. V. Stevani and Erick L. Bastos).</p> <p>17 Biomimetic Fe(II) chemistry and synthetic studies on antimalarial and antitumour endoperoxides (Paul M. O’Neill, James Chadwick and Sarah L. Rawe).</p> <p>Author index.</p> <p>Subject index.</p>

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