General and theoretical aspects of the peroxide group / Dieter Cremer -- Stereochemical and conformational aspects of peroxy compounds / Otto Exner -- Thermochemistry of peroxides / Alan C. Baldwin -- Mass spectrometry of organic peroxides / Helmut Schwarz and Hans-Martin Schiebel -- Acidity, hydrogen bonding and complex formation / William H. Richardson -- Synthesis and uses of alkyl hydroperoxides and dialkyl peroxides / Roger A. Sheldon -- Singlet oxygen in peroxide chemistry / Aryeh A. Frimer -- Free-radical reaction mechanisms involving peroxides in solution / J.A. Howard -- Organic sulphur and phosphorus peroxides / Robert V. Hoffman -- Diacyl peroxides, peroxycarboxylic acids and peroxy esters / Günter Bouillon, Carlo Lick and Kurt Schank -- Endoperoxides / Isao Saito and S. Sarma Nittala -- Structural aspects of organic peroxides / J.Z. Gougoutas -- Polymeric peroxides / Ray Ceresa -- Organic reactions involving the superoxide anion / Aryeh A. Frimer -- Transition-metal peroxides : synthesis and use as oxidizing agents / Hubert Mimoun -- Organic polyoxides / Božo Plesničar -- Polar reaction mechanisms involving peroxides in solution / Božo Plesničar -- Preparation and uses of isotopically labelled peroxides / Shigeru Oae and Ken Fujimori -- Ozonation of single bonds / Ehud Keinan and Haim T. Varkony -- Pyrolysis of peroxides in the gas phase / Leslie Batt and Michael T.H. Liu -- Photochemistry and radiation chemistry of peroxides / Yoshiro Ogata, Kohtaro Tomizawa and Kyoji Furuta -- Solid-state reactions of peroxides / M. Lazár -- Organometallic peroxides / P. B. Brindley -- Four-membered ring peroxides: 1,2-dioxetanes and [alpha]-peroxylactones / Waldemar Adam.