Most organic ozonides are explosive, as for the ozonide formed here I just can't say either way.
I can only assume that the palladium used decomposes the ozonide in a controlled tame fashion.
Ozone can be easy generated by exposing oxygen to ultra violet light, see here for more info :
http://www.ozonegeneratorairpurifierwastewatertreatmentpurification.com/ozone.htm
If this ozonide stage could be replaced by another method, we would have ourselves a great bulk method for the production of P2P using easily available chemicals.
Can anybody describe how a "Flash Distillation" is performed ?
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