New extremely reactive compound detected in the atmosphere for the first time: ROOOH

According to a paper published in the journal Science on the 26th, an international research team has successfully detected hydrogen trioxide (ROOOH) under atmospheric conditions for the first ti.

All peroxides have two interconnected oxygen atoms, making them highly reactive and often flammable and explosi.

The latest research by scientists has clearly confirmed that under atmospheric conditions, the reaction of hydrogen peroxide radicals (RO2) and hydroxyl radicals (OH) also forms ROO.

Professor Henrik Groom-Gilgaard, senior author of the research paper, Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, said: "The compounds we found are structurally uniq.

The researchers expect that almost all compounds will form ROOOH in the atmosphere and estimate their lifetimes to vary from minutes to hou.

The researchers estimate that the concentration of ROOOH in the atmosphere is about 10 million per cubic centimet.

The research team also strongly suspects that ROOOH is able to penetrate into tiny particles in the air, so-called aerosols, that pose a health hazard and can lead to respiratory and cardiovascular disea.

Studies have shown that it is feasible to directly observe oxyhydroxide with a mass spectromet.