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Inside Back Cover: Red‐Light‐Induced Decomposition of an Organic Peroxy Radical: A New Source of the HO 2 Radical (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52/2015)
Author(s) -
Kumar Manoj,
Francisco Joseph S.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201511091
Subject(s) - radical , decomposition , chemistry , troposphere , photochemistry , cover (algebra) , hydroxyl radical , quantum chemical , molecule , organic chemistry , meteorology , physics , mechanical engineering , engineering
The red‐light‐initiated gas‐phase decomposition of the α‐hydroxy methylperoxy radical has been examined by quantum chemical calculations. In their Communication on page 15711 ff., J. S. Francisco and M. Kumar report the important chemical role of the H 2 O⋅HO 2 radical complex that exist in significant abundance in the troposphere. The reaction of organic peroxy radicals with the HO 2 radical and the H 2 O⋅HO 2 radical complex is a new example of red‐light‐initiated atmospheric chemistry.