Eugene Hillenburg, age 90, of Scipio, passed away on Thursday, July 5, 2018, at his residence, surrounded by his family.
Mr. Hillenburg attended Kurtz Church of the Nazarene. He served in the United States Navy aboard the USS Sarsfield.... View Obituary & Service InformationResearch frontiers in the chemistry of Criegee intermediates and tropospheric ozonolysis.
The chemistry of carbonyl oxides, known as Criegee intermediates, is central to many aspects of tropospheric chemistry. For decades it has been known that these reactive species, whose electronic structure contains zwitterionic and biradical character, are formed in the ozonolysis of alkenes. However it is only recently that direct measurements of their reaction kinetics have become possible. In this perspective we describe the most recent progress in understanding the reactivity of these historically elusive molecules, explore the atmospheric chemistry implications of new experimental discoveries, and propose important new areas for investigation.