Open AccessDimethylenediol peroxide (diformal peroxide hydrate)
Author(s) -
H. J. H. Fenton
Publication year - 1914
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical and physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9150
pISSN - 0950-1207
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1914.0076
Subject(s) - formaldehyde , carbon dioxide , hydrogen peroxide , hydrate , chemistry , assimilation (phonology) , peroxide , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , philosophy , linguistics
The conditions of the co-existence of hydrogen dioxide and formaldehyde, and the nature of their interaction, are of special interest in connection with the theories which have been advanced to account for the photosynthesis of carbohydrates in plants. As the initial stage in the assimilation of carbon dioxide, Bach suggested that carbon dioxide in presence of water gives rise to percarbonic acid (H2 CO4 ) and formaldehyde, whereas Usher and Priestley consider that the primary products are hydrogen dioxide for formaldehyde, the change being reversible in the sense CO2 + 3H2 O ⇌ H.CHO + 2H2 O2 . This view has been opposed by various authors, one ground for objection being the, presumably, incompatible nature of the two compounds named.