The formation of verbenol, verbenone and acids during liquid phase ozone-initiated oxidation of alpha-pinene has been investigated; temperature, ozone partial pressure and ozone initiation time were the variables studied. While increasing temperature promotes the formation of secondary products, the other two variables affect mainly the selectivity. Thus, an ozone partial pressure and ozone initiation time of 1014 Pa and 10 min, respectively, lead to the highest selectivities. Kinetic expressions for the formation of verbenol and verbenone, which are consistent with experimental data, have also been developed from a free radical mechanism.