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CLATHRATE compounds have been prepared for most of the known gases except ozone. Because of its extreme reactivity, it is unlikely that a stable clathrate compound could be formed between ozone and any organic compound, but a compound with water, of the gas-hydrate type, may be expected to exist. Experience with hydrates of the inert gases1 has shown that the simple hydrates are difficult to prepare and that elevated pressures are usually required. In view of the difficulty of handling pure ozone gas even without compression, the use of high pressures is undesirable. The work with the inert gases did show, however, that the double hydrates with acetone, carbon tetrachloride or chloroform were relatively easy to prepare. Attempts to make a hydrate of ozone and carbon tetrachloride were therefore carried out, carbon tetrachloride being chosen since it is stable to ozone at low temperature and can, in fact, be used as an ozone solvent.
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MCTURK, G., WALLER, J. Ozone - Carbon Tetrachloride Double Hydrate. Nature 202, 1107 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2021107a0
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