It is used as a whitener and one of the advantages is its high degree of environmental compatibility. In aqueous solutions it generates a pH of 10-11 (1). Easy to handle, safe and stable at room temp ...

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It is used as a whitener and one of the advantages is its high degree of environmental compatibility. In aqueous solutions it generates a pH of 10-11 (1).

Easy to handle, safe and stable at room temperature. Its ability to release oxidants in water and biological materials has made it a useful oxidant in organic synthesis (2).

Sodium percarbonate is considered to be a potential substitute for hydrogen peroxide H 2 O 2, because it is much safer to handle and does not introduce additional potentially harmful by-products into water (3).

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(1) Exposure of RML scrapie agent to a sodium percarbonate-based product and sodium dodecyl sulfate renders PrPSc protease sensitive but does not eliminate infectivity.

Smith JD, Nicholson EM, Foster GH, Greenlee JJ.

BMC Vet Res. 2013 Jan 11;9:8. doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-8.

(2) Reviews on the uses of sodium perborate (SPB) and sodium percarbonate (SPC) in organic synthesis: Muzart, J. Synthesis 1995, 1325–1347.McKillop, A.; Sanderson, W. R. Tetrahedron 1995, 51, 6145–6166.McKillop, A.; Sanderson, W. R. J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1 2000, 471–476. SPB in the presence of a sodium tungstate catalyst was shown to be a cheap oxidant for the iodination of aromatic amides using KI as the source of iodine(I) species; see: Beinker, P.; Hanson, J. R.; Meindl, N.; Rodriguez Medina, I. C. J. Chem. Res. (S) 1998, 204–205.

(3) Sindelar HR, Brown MT, Boyer TH. Evaluating UV/H2O2, UV/percarbonate, and UV/perborate for natural organic matter reduction from alternative water sources. Chemosphere. 2014;105:112–118.

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