Gas-phase ozonolysis of ethene in the presence of hydroxylic compounds

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1097-4601(1996)28:10<721::AID-KIN2>3.0.CO;2-P

Ozonolysis of C₂H₄ was carried out at 295 K in 730 torr synthetic air, both in the absence and presence of the added HCOOH, CH₃COOH, and CH₃OH. Results of this study together with the formation of HC-CH₂OOH, with added water vapor were explained by the reaction of the Criegee biradical CH₂OO with the added hydroxy compounds ROH. Formation of the products with the general formula R-O-CH₂ indicates that the RO-H bond fission has taken place.