Mixing this compound with iron three plus creates a reagent used to treat wastewater, named for (*) Fenton.
One industrial synthesis of this compound involves the auto-oxidation and regeneration of a 2-amyl anthrohydroquinone catalyst. Secondary antibodies used in western blots can be conjugated to an enzyme extracted from horseradish that breaks down this molecule. Another enzyme that acts on this compound couples its breakdown with the formation of a disulfide bond between two glutathione molecules. Mixing this compound with iron three plus creates a reagent used to treat wastewater, named for (*) Fenton. An enzyme that breaks down this compound contains four heme groups and has one of the highest known turnover rates. Usually stored as a 3% aqueous solution, this compound dissociates via ultraviolet light into hydroxyl radicals. For 10 points, name this compound broken down by catalase, a component of bleach with formula H2O2.
One industrial synthesis of this compound involves the auto-oxidation and regeneration of a 2-amyl anthrohydroquinone catalyst.
{Hydrogen Peroxide} [or H2O2]