Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this work and its counterpart, "Active Oxygen in Biochemistry", explore the active research area of the chemistry and biochemistry of oxygen. Together, the two volumes integrate subject areas including medicine, biology, chemistry and engineering.

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book and its counterpart, Active Oxygen in Biochemistry, explore the active research area of the chemistry and biochemistry of oxygen. Complementary but independent, the two volumes integrate subject areas including medicine, biology, chemistry, engineering, and environmental studies. This book should be of interest to researchers and graduate/advanced undergraduate students in organic, bioorganic , bioinorganic and biochemistry.

Overview of energetics and reactivity of oxygen
autoxidation
superoxide and hydroxyl radical chemistry in aqueous solution
properties and reactions of singlet dioxygen
reactions of hydroperoxides and peroxides
catalytic oxidations with oxygen - an industrial perspective
reactions of oxygen species in the atmosphere
reactive oxygen species in natural waters.