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Chemical Effects Of Chlorine Oxide

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Chlorine Oxides
Chlorine and oxygen also can bond in numerous ways:
• chlorine monoxide, ClO2, chlorine(II) oxide
• chlorine dioxide, ClO, chlorine(IV) oxide
• chloroperoxyl, ClOO
• chlorine trioxide, ClO3, chlorine(VI) oxide
• dichlorine monoxide, Cl2O, chlorine(I) oxide
3 dichlorine dioxides:
• ClO dimer, Cl2O2, chlorine peroxide
• chloryl chloride, ClO2Cl, chlorine(0,IV) oxide
• chlorine chlorite, ClOClO, chlorine(I,III) oxide Chlorine Peroxide

Names
IUPAC name
Dichlorine dioxide
Other names
Chlorine(I) oxide; ClO dimer
Identifiers
CAS Number
• 12292-23-8

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ChemSpider
• 109895

PubChem CID
• 123287

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Properties
Chemical formula
Cl2O2
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Chlorine peroxide (also identified as dichlorine dioxide or dimer) is a molecular compound with method ClOOCl. Chemically,this is a dimer of the chlorine monoxide radical (ClO). It is dynamic in the development of the ozone hole. Chlorine peroxide catalytically changes ozone into oxygen when it is visible by infrared light.

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