Copper peroxide
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| IUPAC name
Copper(II) peroxide | |
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| Properties | |
| CuO2 | |
| Molar mass | 95.945 g/mol |
| Appearance | Dark olive-green solid |
| Related compounds | |
Related compounds |
Copper(IV) oxide |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Copper peroxide is a hypothetical inorganic compound with the chemical formula CuO2. The 1:2 ratio of copper and oxygen would be consistent with copper in its common +2 oxidation state and a peroxide group. Although samples of this composition have not been isolated, CuO2 has attracted interest from computational perspective. One highly cited analysis concludes that gaseous CuO2 is a superoxide, with copper in a +1 oxidation state: Cu+O−2.