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The Ozonolysis of Ethylene: A Theoretical Study of the Gas-Phase Reaction Mechanism
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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.