Chemistry - A European Journal · 1999 · 140 citations · 0 references
EngineeringGas-phase Reaction MechanismAtmospheric PhotochemistryOrganic ChemistryChemistryChemical EngineeringTheoretical StudyPetrochemicalStepwise MechanismMolecular KineticsOzone Layer DepletionPhysical ChemistryEthylene Primary OzonideCatalysisQuantum ChemistryAtmospheric PolutionAlkene MetathesisNatural SciencesReaction ProcessChemical Kinetics
An important source of atmospheric polution, the gas-phase ozonolysis of ethylene, has been submitted to systematic theoretical investigation. Apart from its concerted cleavage to the Criegee intermediates, the ethylene primary ozonide (POZ) decomposes in a stepwise mechanism by the alternative routes shown here.