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Besides well known products of the gas phase ozonolysis of ethylene, formic anhydride, glycolaldehyde, ethylene oxide and acetaldehyde have been detected by combined linear reactor infrared matrix- and microwave spectroscopy. Microwave and IR matrix spectra of products of $\mathrm{<mrow\; data-mjx-texclass="ORD">12</mrow>}CH213CH2$ ozonolysis were identified in order to elucidate the reaction mechanism. The distribution of $\mathrm{<mrow\; data-mjx-texclass="ORD">13</mrow>}C$-isotopic species was qualitatively determined. The implications of the results for the reaction mechanism will be discussed.