Reactions of ozone with double bonds in polymer and biosystem chemistry

This review surveys data on the kinetics of ozone-double bonds reactions. The ozone-based procedure is compared with other known methods employed for analyzing double bonds, and it is shown how the above procedure may be used to determine the nature of terminal groups of macromolecules, the mechanisms of chain transfer and termination in polymerization processes, and the arrangement of monomer units in macromolecules (head-to-tail, head-to-head, etc.). Some aspects of ozone participation in biochemical processes proceeding in living organisms and its application in medicine are considered.