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Carbon trioxide

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Carbon trioxide is a unstable product of reactions between carbon dioxide and a single oxygen atom.[1] It has also been detected in reactions between carbon monoxide and molecular oxygen. Among other places it has been shown to be created in the drift zone of a negative corona discharge.[2] This pathway arises from reactions between carbon dioxide and atomic oxygen ions, created from molecular oxygen by free electrons in the plasma.

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Three possible isomers of carbon trioxide exist, denoted Cs, D3h, and C2v. The C2v state has been shown by various studies to be the ground state of the molecule.[3]

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