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Analyzing the Photo-oxidation of 2-propanol at Indoor Air Level Concentrations Using Field Asymmetric Ion Mobility Spectrometry
Published on: June 14, 2018
Ionization of Ozone/Chlorofluorocarbon Mixtures in Atmospheric Gases: Formation and Dissociation of
1Dipartimento di Studi di Chimica e Tecnologia delle Sostanze Biologicamente Attive, Università di Roma "La Sapienza", P. Aldo Moro, I-00185 Roma (Italy).
Abstract:
Complexes that undergo extensive molecular reorganization upon unimolecular metastable dissociation are obtained after ionization of atmospheric gases containing ozone and chlorofluorocarbons [Eq. (1)]. These unusual processes, which require fission of all bonds initially present in the CHX(2) unit (X=Cl, F) and combination of C with one of the O atoms of ozone, were demonstrated and their mechanism rationalized by the joint application of mass spectrometric and theoretical methods.
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