Carbonyl oxides--rising stars in tropospheric chemistry.
The X factor of tropospheric oxidation: Formaldehyde oxide, the smallest "Criegee intermediate", has been observed spectroscopically in the gas phase. Field studies provide increasing evidence that Criegee intermediates play a key role in tropospheric oxidation.
Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum (Germany) http://www.rub.de/oc2/. wolfram.sander@rub.de.
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IR spectroscopy; carbonyl oxide; gas-phase reactions; reaction kinetics; troposphere