Epoxy compounds

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-004048",
  "term": "Epoxy compounds",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "Cyclic ethers in which an oxygen atom links two carbon atoms of a chain or ring system, adjacent or not. The best known subclass, the epoxides or oxiranes, has a strained three-membered ring of one oxygen and two carbons. Epoxides react with nucleophiles by ring opening at one carbon and are made by epoxidation of alkenes with peroxy acids such as m-CPBA.",
  "subject": "Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "ethers"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. 'Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 1334 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567081307)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/epoxy-compounds/"
}