
%0 Journal Article
%A Harcourt, Richard D. 
%A Klapötke, Thomas M. 
%T <I>Corrigendum to:</I> Valence Bond Formulations of Mechanisms for the Formation and Decomposition of N<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>
%J Environmental Chemistry
%D 2006/12/13
%V 3
%N 6
%P 457-457
%K atmospheric chemistry &#8212; nitrogen oxides &#8212; ozone &#8212; valence bond structures
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/EN06058_CO
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/EN06058_CO 
%X Environmental Context. N2O5 is an important nitrogen reservoir in polar stratospheric clouds found in Antarctica and involved with the ozone hole. Here we provide valence bond representations for the gas-phase formation and decomposition of this molecule. . Qualitative valence bond considerations are used to suggest how electronic reorganization could proceed for (a) the formation of N2O5 via the reactions NO2 + O3 &#8594; NO3 + O2, and NO2 + NO3 &#8594; N2O5, and (b) the thermal decomposition of N2O5 via the following sets of reactions: (i) N2O5 &#8594; NO2 + NO3, 2NO3 &#8594; O2NOONO2 &#8594; 2NO2 + O2; (ii) NO2 + NO3 &#8594; ONOONO2 &#8594; NO + O2 + NO2, NO + NO3 &#8594; 2NO2. Increased-valence structures, which possess one-electron bonds and fractional electron-pair bonds as well as &#39;normal&#39; electron-pair bonds, are used to represent the electronic structures of the molecules. 
