The simplest criegee intermediate (H2C=O-O): Isotopic spectroscopy, equilibrium structure, and possible formation from atmospheric lightning

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 4133-4139

  McCarthy, Michael C ^a   Cheng, Lan ^b   Crabtree, Kyle N ^a   Martinez, Oscar ^a   Nguyen, Thanh L ^b   Womack, Caroline C ^c   Stanton, John F ^b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

bonding; molecular structure; quantum chemical calculations; rotational spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CRIEGEE INTERMEDIATES; DOUBLE-RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES; EQUILIBRIUM STRUCTURES; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; QUANTUM-CHEMICAL CALCULATION; REACTIVE INTERMEDIATE; ROTATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BONDING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL BONDS; ISOTOPES; LIGHTNING; METHANE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84890398203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz4023128     Document Type: Article

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