The atoms of hydrogen and oxygen break apart in hydrogen peroxide and associate in new ways to form oxygen and water molecules.
How does the arrangement of atoms change when hydrogen peroxide is broken down to give water and oxygen?
Atoms are rearranged as a result of the cleavage of the O-O bond in hydrogen peroxide during this chemical reaction. The products are one oxygen molecule and two molecules of water.
This process, which modifies the molecular arrangement, entails the breaking of old chemical bonds and the creation of new ones. Enzymes or materials such as manganese dioxide may catalyze this breakdown process, facilitating and accelerating it.