The decomposition of potassium tetraperoxochromate(V) in aqueous solutions generates a reductant of ferricytochrome c as well as an oxidant of ferrocytochrome c. The reductant was intercepted by superoxide dismutase and is presumed to be O2-. The oxidant was scavenged by azide or histidine, which are known to react rapidly with singlet oxygen, and is therefore presumed to be the singlet oxygen which has already been demonstrated to be a product of this decomposition. Decomposition of the perchromate ion was accompanied by a ¡Superoxide dismutases have been shown to catalyze the reaction: 03-4-2~4 • 2H+ -* H2O2 4~O 2, at a rate (k.2 = 2 X 109 M-1 sec-1) which approaches the theoretical diffusion