The rotational spectrum and structure of chlorine peroxide

The dimerization products of the ClO + ClO reaction were investigated in a flowing chemical reactor using submillimeter wave spectroscopy. The major products were identified as the chlorine peroxide (Cl2O2) and chlorine dioxide (OClO). The rotational constants as well as a complete set of quartic ce...

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Main Authors: Birk, Manfred, Friedl, Randall R., Cohen, Edward A., Pickett, Herbert M., Sander, Stanley P.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 1989
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Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19900030435
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Summary:The dimerization products of the ClO + ClO reaction were investigated in a flowing chemical reactor using submillimeter wave spectroscopy. The major products were identified as the chlorine peroxide (Cl2O2) and chlorine dioxide (OClO). The rotational constants as well as a complete set of quartic centrifugal distortion constants were determined. The identification of the chlorine peroxide supports the earlier proposed ClO-dimer mechanisms, which partly explain the ozone hole formation during the Antarctic springtime.

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