In the Criegee mechanism, this compound reacts through a 1,3-dipolar cyclo·addition to cleave double bonds in alkenes.
In the Criegee mechanism, this compound reacts through a 1,3-dipolar cyclo·addition to cleave double bonds in alkenes. Sydney Chapman discovered the process by which this continuously regenerates. Discovered by Christian Friedrich Schönbein in 1840, it gives a thunderstorm its distinctive smell. It converts electromagnetic radiation into heat energy in a reaction catalyzed by hydroxyl and chloro·fluoro·carbons. At ground level, it is a pollutant and respiratory irritant, but it occurs in high concentrations in the stratosphere, where it absorbs UV rays. For 10 points, name this triatomic form of oxygen, which has a namesake "layer" in the atmosphere.
In the Criegee mechanism, this compound reacts through a 1,3-dipolar cyclo·addition to cleave double bonds in alkenes.
{ozone} (prompt on {O3} until “{triatomic}” is read)