Abstract
Sodium peroxybenzoate decomposes to give sodium benzoate and oxygen in dilute aqueous sodium hydroxide. In 1N NaOH at 0°, however, sodium peroxybenzoate is hydrolyzed to yield sodium benzoate and hydrogen peroxide without evolution of oxygen. In 10 −3N NaOH at 0°, decomposition of sodium peroxybenzoate itself is very slow, but it reacts with undissociated hydrogen peroxide to give oxygen and sodium benzoate. In alkaline solutions of intermediate concentration, these two reactions occur side by side, the hydrogen peroxide initially produced by hydrolysis reacting with the peroxybenzoate anion to give oxygen.
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