Thermal decomposition of dinitrogen pentoxide in CCl produces NO and O

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Problem

Thermal decomposition of dinitrogen pentoxide in CCl

_4

produces NO

_2

and O

_2

. Mass-spectrometric monitoring of the reaction mixture reveals the presence of NO

_2^{+}

ions during the reaction. Four mechanisms have been proposed. (a) Mechanism D (b) Mechanism A (c) Mechanism B (d) Mechanism C