peracidn.
/pəːˈrasɪd/, U.S. /ˈpərˌæsɪd/, /ˌpəˈræsɪd/ Chemistry.
An acid which contains a peroxide group, esp. (in organic chemistry) the group —CO·O·OH.
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1900 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 78 626 The authors suggest that hydrogen peroxide, its acyl derivatives, and their peroxides should be called ‘hydroperoxide’, ‘peracids’ and ‘peroxides’ respectively.
1950 N. V. Sidgwick Chem. Elements II. 871 Other compounds with the OO link are numerous per-acids (or peroxy-acids), such as persul, phuric, perboric, percarbonic, pertitanic, perchromic, etc.
1991 D. T. Sawyer Oxygen Chem. i. 17 Hydrogen peroxide, perborates, and peracids are used as bleaches and and decolorizing agents, disinfectants, and general oxidizing agents.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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