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  • Selective deuteration illuminates the importance of tunneling in the unimolecular decay of Criegee intermediates to hydroxyl radical products.

Selective deuteration illuminates the importance of tunneling in the unimolecular decay of Criegee intermediates to hydroxyl radical products.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2017-11-08)
Amy M Green, Victoria P Barber, Yi Fang, Stephen J Klippenstein, Marsha I Lester
ABSTRACT

Ozonolysis of alkenes, an important nonphotolytic source of hydroxyl (OH) radicals in the atmosphere, proceeds through unimolecular decay of Criegee intermediates. Here, we report a large kinetic isotope effect associated with the rate-limiting hydrogen-transfer step that releases OH radicals for a prototypical Criegee intermediate, CH

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Acetaldehyde-2,2,2-d3, ≥98 atom % D, ≥98% (CP)