The rotational spectrum and structure of chlorine peroxide

• Main Authors: Birk, Manfred, Friedl, Randall R., Cohen, Edward A., Pickett, Herbert M., Sander, Stanley P.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1989
• Subjects: 72; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19900030435

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.