Nature Communications (May 2019)

Rapid unimolecular reaction of stabilized Criegee intermediates and implications for atmospheric chemistry

  • Bo Long,
  • Junwei Lucas Bao,
  • Donald G. Truhlar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09948-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Criegee intermediates have received much attention in atmospheric chemistry because of their importance in ozonolysis mechanisms. Here, using quantum mechanical kinetics, the authors reveal an unexpectedly fast mechanistic pathway for unimolecular reactions of large stabilized Criegee intermediates.