Sodium peroxydisulfate is used as a radical initiator for emulsion polymerization reactions like acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, detergent component, soil conditioner and soil remediation. It is also used for curing of formaldehyde adhesives. It acts as a bleaching agent and in the production of dyestuffs. It finds application in zinc and printed circuit boards and considered to be a replacement for ammonium persulfate in etching mixtures. Further, it is used in the preparation of diapocynin from apocynin. It plays a role in the conversion of phenols to para-diphenols in alkaline solution and of arylamines to aminophenols. It is actively involved in the Elbs persulfate oxidation and the Boyland-Sims oxidation reactions as an oxidizing agent.

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