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Molozonide

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    • A molozonide is the product of cycloaddition of an alkene to ozone.

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    Molozonides are unstable and rearrange to ozonides via a multistep path.

     

     

     

    Ozonides, although more stable than molozonides, are usually not isolated but reduced with either Zn or (CH3)2S (see ozonolysis).