Magnesium peroxide

MgO2CAS 14452-57-456.30 g/mol

Mg2+O−O−

Properties

Molecular formula
MgO2
Molar mass
56.30 g/mol
Exact mass
55.9749 Da
Water solubility
insoluble
logP
-2.76Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
46.1 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
0 / 2
Rotatable bonds
0

Hazards

Danger
Oxidizer (GHS03)Corrosive (GHS05)

Aggregated from 121 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P210, P220, P260, P264, P280, P283, P301+P330+P331, P302+P361+P354, P304+P340, P305+P354+P338, P306+P360, P316, P321, P363, P370+P378, P371+P380+P375, P405, P420, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
14452-57-4
SMILES
[Mg+2].[O-][O-]
InChIKey
SPAGIJMPHSUYSE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/Mg.O2/c;1-2/q+2;-2

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Names and synonyms

6 names
  • Magnesium peroxide (Mg(O2))
  • Magnesium superoxol
  • Magnesium dioxide
  • Peromag
  • Magnesium perhydrol
  • Drillox M

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Stereoisomers, salts and isotopologues

The same compound in another form: other stereochemistry, a salt or hydrate, the free acid or base, or an isotope-labelled version.

Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

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