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by SAI_Peregrinus 1404 days ago
Hydrogen peroxide is H2O2 (SMILES `OO`).

"Bleach" can refer to any chemical that makes things whiter. Common laundry bleach is usually a chlorine bleach, most often Sodium Hypochlorite (NaClO, SMILES `[Na+].[O-]Cl`).

There are a bunch of other bleaches[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach