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).
Contributors
- Gamini Gunawardena from the OChemPal site (Utah Valley University)