The attacks, in Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington, are all believed to have taken place within the space of just over an hour on Thursday night.
Police are investigating four acid attacks in east London.
The attacks, in Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington, are all believed to have taken place within the space of just over an hour, between 10.25pm and 11.37pm on Thursday.
The suspects are still on the loose, the Metropolitan Police said.
At the start of the spree, a 32-year-old moped driver had been approached by the pair as he drove on the Hackney Road junction with Queensbridge Road.
The two male suspects had tossed the noxious substance into his face before one of them jumped on to his vehicle and drove away.
Police said the man had gone to an east London hospital and they were awaiting an update on his injuries.
Police attended a second incident 40 minutes later, at 11.05pm, where an individual had been attacked by two men on a moped.
No further details have been given about the identity of the victim, who was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
One witness claimed Uber delivery drivers had been targeted by thieves armed with the corrosive liquid.
attended a similar incident in Hackney where a man had a corrosive substance thrown in his face.
He is being treated in an east London hospital where his injuries are described as life-changing.
The final assault of the night was reported to police at 11.37pm, when another man was confronted as he sat on his moped in traffic on Chatsworth Road.
After again spraying the liquid in a victim's face, the moped was stolen and both attackers fled.
No arrests have been made.
The Met Police said in a statement: "Inquiries are ongoing and officers from Hackney are currently trying to trace the suspects concerned."
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