Hydrogen peroxide is a chemical that is becoming increasingly fashionable as an oxidant, both in industry and in academia and whose production is expected to increase significantly in the next few years. This growth in interest is largely due to environmental considerations related to the clean nature of hydrogen peroxide as an oxidant, its by-product being only water.
To date this chemical has largely been employed as a non-selective oxidant in operations like the bleaching of paper, cellulose and textiles, or in the formulation of detergents, and only to a minimal extent in the manufacture of organic chemicals.
This book has been organized to cover the different aspects of the chemistry of hydrogen peroxide. The various chapters into which the book is divided have been written critically by the authors with the general aim of stimulating new ideas and emphasizing those aspects that are likely to lead to new developments in organic synthesis in the coming future.

Zusammenfassung
Organized to cover the different aspects of the chemistry of hydrogen peroxide, this book includes chapters on activation principles, nucleophilic and electrophilic catalysis with transition metal complexes, and the use of polyoxometalates in reactions with hydrogen peroxide.

Inhalt
1: Introduction and Activation Principles.- 2: Hydrogen Peroxide: Manufacture and Industrial Use for Production of Organic Chemicals.- 3: Activation of Hydrogen Peroxide by Organic Compounds.- 4: Fenton Type Activation and Chemistry of Hydroxyl Radical.- 5: Activation of Hydrogen Peroxide with Biomimetic Systems.- 6: Nucleophilic and Electrophilic Catalysis with Transition Metal Complexes.- 7: Peroxometal Complexes Derived from Hydrogen Peroxide. Some Applications in Organic Synthesis.- 8: The Use of Polyoxometalates in Reactions with Hydrogen Peroxide.