Chemistry:Molozonide

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General chemical structure of molozonides

A molozonide (or "molecular ozonide") is a 1,2,3-trioxolane, which can also be considered a cyclic disubstituted trioxidane derivative.[1] Molozonides are formed by cycloaddition of ozone and an alkene during ozonolysis, as a transient intermediate which quickly rearranges to give the ozonide (1,2,4-trioxolane), the relatively stable product generated immediately prior to reductive or oxidative cleavage to form alcohols, carbonyl compounds, or derivatives thereof.[2]

References

  1. IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book") (1997). Online corrected version:  (2006–) "molozonides". doi:10.1351/goldbook.M04004
  2. McMurry, John (2004). Organic Chemistry, 6th ed. Belmont: Brooks/Cole. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-534-38999-4. https://archive.org/details/organicchemistr000mcmu.