Storage of aliphatic ethers can be dangerous because the ethers slowly convert into unstable forms of these compounds in the presence of oxygen, gaining an oxygen-oxygen single bond.
When hydrogen bromide is added to a carbon-carbon double bond, the Markovnikov orientation of the halogenated product is determined by the presence or absence of these compounds, which break down into free radicals in the reaction. Storage of aliphatic ethers can be dangerous because the ethers slowly convert into unstable forms of these compounds in the presence of oxygen, gaining an oxygen-oxygen single bond. For 10 points--what class of chemical compounds shares its name with the O2 2- ion?
When hydrogen bromide is added to a carbon-carbon double bond, the Markovnikov orientation of the halogenated product is determined by the presence or absence of these compounds, which break down into free radicals in the reaction.
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