title: Ethyl hydroperoxide
text: # Ethyl hydroperoxide
  
  Ethyl hydroperoxide is the organic compound with the formula $CH_3CH_2OOH.$ It is a colorless liquid that is miscible with water and diethyl ether.
  
  ## Formation
  
  Ethyl hydroperoxide is formed in the flame of burning alkanes. Ethyl hydroperoxide is also formed in the catalytic reaction of ethane and hydrogen peroxide. Yet another way to form ethyl hydroperoxide is by a photocatalytic oxidation of ethane:
  
      $CH_3CH_3$ + $O_2$ → $CH_3CH_2OOH$
  