Molozonide

A molozonide (short for "molecular ozonide"; 1,2,3-trioxolane) is a cyclic molecule containing a five-membered ring consisting of two adjacent carbon atoms and three adjacent oxygen atoms.[1] They are thus cyclic disubstituted trioxidane derivatives. Molozonides are formed by cycloaddition of ozone and an alkene during ozonolysis, as a transient intermediate which quickly rearranges to give the ozonide (1,2,4-trioxolane), the relatively stable product generated immediately prior to reductive or oxidative cleavage to form alcohols, carbonyl compounds, or derivatives thereof.[2]

References

  1. ^ IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. (the "Gold Book") (2025). Online version: (2006–) "molozonides". doi:10.1351/goldbook.M04004
  2. ^ McMurry, John (2004). Organic Chemistry, 6th ed. Belmont: Brooks/Cole. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-534-38999-4.


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