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Chlorine Trioxide: Spectroscopic Properties, Molecular Structure, and Photochemical Behavior
Author(s) -
Grothe Hinrich,
Willner Helge
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199414821
Subject(s) - matrix isolation , chlorine , chemistry , photochemistry , trioxide , photodissociation , flash vacuum pyrolysis , perchlorate , chlorine atom , flash photolysis , pyrolysis , molecule , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , medicinal chemistry , ion , sulfur , physics , quantum mechanics , reaction rate constant , kinetics
Though postulated for years, now detected for the first time! The symmetric ClO 3 radical was synthesized by vacuum flash pyrolysis of chlorine perchlorate and trapped by matrix isolation for UV and IR spectroscopic studies. The OClO bond angle is 113.5±2° and the ClO bond length 150.0±1 pm. The photolysis of ClO 3 yields the unsymmetric isomer OClOO.