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The splitting of a double bond in a hydrocarbon chain upon treatment with ozone, with the formation of two aldehydes (an ozonide is the unstable intermediate); has been used to determine the structure of unsaturated fatty acids.
Origin: ozone + G. Lysis, dissolution
(05 Mar 2000)
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