Why does an extra oxygen molecule make H2O2 caustic when H2O is, well, water?

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Why does an extra oxygen molecule make H2O2 caustic when H2O is, well, water?

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Literally first chemistry class. When elements react and form a molecule, the resulting substance is not a combination of the elements it was made of, but a new substance with new properties.
H2O2 is Not water. Even if it’s the same elements. It’s not the same amount of electrons and protons. It’s not the same reactivity.

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