scholarly journals Predicting arene rate coefficients with respect to hydroxyl and other free radicals in the gas-phase: a simple and effective method using a single topological descriptor

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 2961-2989
Author(s):  
M. R. McGillen ◽  
C. J. Percival ◽  
G. Pieterse ◽  
L. A. Watson ◽  
D. E. Shallcross
Keyword(s):  
Free Radicals ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Atmospheric Model ◽  
Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship ◽  
Rate Coefficients ◽  
Oh Radicals ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Strong Relationships

Abstract. The reactivity of aromatic compounds is of great relevance to pure and applied chemical disciplines, yet existing methods for estimating gas-phase rate coefficients for their reactions with free radicals lack accuracy and universality. Here a novel approach is taken, whereby strong relationships between rate coefficients of aromatic hydrocarbons and a Randić-type topological index are investigated, optimized and developed into a method which requires no specialist software or computing power. Measured gas-phase rate coefficients for the reaction of aromatic hydrocarbons with OH radicals were correlated with a calculated Randić-type index, and optimized by including a term for side chain length. Although this method is exclusively for use with hydrocarbons, it is more diverse than any single existing methodology since it incorporates alkenylbenzenes into correlations, and can be extended towards other radical species such as O(3P) (and tentatively NO3, H and Cl). A comparison (with species common to both techniques) is made between the topological approach advocated here and a popular approach based on electrophilic subsituent constants, where it compares favourably. A modelling study was carried out to assess the impact of using estimated rate coefficients as opposed to measured data in an atmospheric model. The difference in model output was negligible for a range of NOx concentrations, which implies that this method has utility in complex chemical models. Strong relationships (e.g.~for OH, R2 = 0.96) between seemingly diverse compounds including benzene, multisubstituted benzenes with saturated, unsaturated, aliphatic and cyclic substitutions and the nonbenzenoid aromatic, azulene suggests that the Randić-type index presented here represents a new and effective way of describing aromatic reactivity, based on a quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR).

scholarly journals Predicting arene rate coefficients with respect to hydroxyl and other free radicals in the gas-phase: a simple and effective method using a single topological descriptor

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (13) ◽  
pp. 3559-3569 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. R. McGillen ◽  
C. J. Percival ◽  
G. Pieterse ◽  
L. A. Watson ◽  
D. E. Shallcross
Keyword(s):  
Free Radicals ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Atmospheric Model ◽  
Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship ◽  
Rate Coefficients ◽  
Oh Radicals ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Strong Relationships

Abstract. The reactivity of aromatic compounds is of great relevance to pure and applied chemical disciplines, yet existing methods for estimating gas-phase rate coefficients for their reactions with free radicals lack accuracy and universality. Here a novel approach is taken, whereby strong relationships between rate coefficients of aromatic hydrocarbons and a Randić-type topological index are investigated, optimized and developed into a method which requires no specialist software or computing power. Measured gas-phase rate coefficients for the reaction of aromatic hydrocarbons with OH radicals were correlated with a calculated Randić-type index, and optimized by including a term for side chain length. Although this method is exclusively for use with hydrocarbons, it is more diverse than any single existing methodology since it incorporates alkenylbenzenes into correlations, and can be extended towards other radical species such as O(3P) (and tentatively NO3, H and Cl). A comparison (with species common to both techniques) is made between the topological approach advocated here and a popular approach based on electrophilic subsituent constants, where it compares favourably. A modelling study was carried out to assess the impact of using estimated rate coefficients as opposed to measured data in an atmospheric model. The difference in model output was negligible for a range of NOx concentrations, which implies that this method has utility in complex chemical models. Strong relationships (e.g. for OH, R2=0.96) between seemingly diverse compounds including benzene, multisubstituted benzenes with saturated, unsaturated, aliphatic and cyclic substitutions and the nonbenzenoid aromatic, azulene suggests that the Randić-type index presented here represents a new and effective way of describing aromatic reactivity, based on a quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR).

scholarly journals Evaluation of the daytime tropospheric loss of 2-methylbutanal

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Asensio ◽  
María Antiñolo ◽  
Sergio Blázquez ◽  
José Albaladejo ◽  
Elena Jiménez
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Degradation Products ◽  
Rate Coefficients ◽  
Oh Radicals ◽  
Phase Reaction ◽  
Gaseous Products ◽  
Flight Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Atmospheric Degradation ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. Saturated aldehydes, e.g. 2-methylbutanal (2MB, CH3CH2CH(CH3)C(O)H), are emitted into the atmosphere by several biogenic sources. The first step in the daytime atmospheric degradation of 2MB involves gas-phase reactions initiated by hydroxyl (OH) radicals, chlorine (Cl) atoms and/or sunlight. In this work, we report the rate coefficients for the gas-phase reaction of 2MB with OH (kOH) and Cl (kCl) together with the photolysis rate coefficient (J) in the ultraviolet solar actinic region in Valencia (Spain) at different times of the day. The temperature dependence of kOH was described in the 263–353 K range by the following Arrhenius expression: kOH(T)=(8.88±0.41)×10-12 exp[(331±14)/T] cm3 molecule-1 s-1. At 298 K, the reported kOH and kCl are (2.68±0.07)×10-11 cm3 molecule-1 s-1 and (2.16±0.16)×10-11 cm3 molecule-1 s-1. Identification and quantification of the gaseous products of the Cl-reaction and those from the photodissociation of 2MB were carried out in a smog chamber by different techniques (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, proton transfer time-of-flight mass spectrometry, and gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry). The formation and size distribution of secondary organic aerosols formed in the Cl-reaction was monitored by a fast mobility particle sizer spectrometer. A discussion on the relative importance of the first step in the daytime atmospheric degradation of 2MB is presented together with the impact of the degradation products in marine atmospheres.

scholarly journals Direct and relative rate coefficients for the gas-phase reaction of OH radicals with 2-methyltetrahydrofuran at room temperature

2016 ◽  
Vol 119 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-18
Author(s):  
Ádám Illés ◽  
Mária Farkas ◽  
Gábor László Zügner ◽  
Gyula Novodárszki ◽  
Magdolna Mihályi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gas Phase ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Relative Rate ◽  
Rate Coefficients ◽  
Oh Radicals ◽  
Phase Reaction ◽  
Gas Phase Reaction ◽  
Relative Rate Coefficients

scholarly journals Rate coefficients for the gas-phase reaction of OH with <i>Z</i>-3-hexen-1-ol, 1-penten-3-ol, <i>E</i>-2-penten-1-ol, and <i>E</i>-2-hexen-1-ol between 243 and 404 K

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 2377-2405 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. E. Davis ◽  
J. B. Burkholder
Keyword(s):  
Gas Phase ◽  
Negative Temperature ◽  
Rate Coefficients ◽  
Oh Radicals ◽  
Phase Reaction ◽  
Oh Radical ◽  
Gas Phase Reaction ◽  
First Order ◽  
Unsaturated Alcohols ◽  
Temperature Dependences

Abstract. Rate coefficients, k, for the gas-phase reaction of the OH radical with (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol ((Z)-CH3CH2CH=CHCH2CH2OH). (k1), 1-penten-3-ol (CH3CH2CH(OH)CH=CH2) (k2), (E)-2-penten-1-ol ((E)-CH3CH2CH=CHCH2OH) (k3), and (E)-2-hexen-1-ol ((E)-CH3CH2CH2CH=CHCH2OH) (k4), unsaturated alcohols that are emitted into the atmosphere following vegetation wounding, are reported. Rate coefficients were measured under pseudo-first-order conditions in OH over the temperature range 243–404 K at pressures between 20 and 100 Torr (He) using pulsed laser photolysis (PLP) to produce OH radicals and laser induced fluorescence (LIF) to monitor the OH temporal profile. The obtained rate coefficients were independent of pressure with negative temperature dependences that are well described by the Arrhenius expressions k1(T) = (1.3 ± 0.1) × 10−11 exp[(580 ± 10)/T]; k1(297K) = (1.06 ± 0.12) × 10−10 k2(T) = (6.8 ± 0.7) × 10−12 exp[(690 ± 20)/T]; k2(297K) = (7.12 ± 0.73) × 10−11 k3(T) = (6.8 ± 0.8) × 10−12 exp[(680 ± 20)/T]; k3(297K) = (6.76 ± 0.70) × 10−11 k4(T) = (5.4 ± 0.6) × 10−12 exp[(690 ± 20)/T]; k4(297K) = (6.15 ± 0.75) × 10−11 (in units of cm3 molecule−1 s−1). The quoted uncertainties are at the 2σ (95% confidence) level and include estimated systematic errors. The rate coefficients obtained in this study are compared with literature values where possible.

Rate coefficients for the gas-phase reactions of OH radicals with methylbutenols at 298 K

2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (7) ◽  
pp. 379-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Imamura ◽  
Yumi Iida ◽  
Kinichi Obi ◽  
Ikue Nagatani ◽  
Kazumichi Nakagawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gas Phase ◽  
Rate Coefficients ◽  
Oh Radicals ◽  
Gas Phase Reactions

scholarly journals Kinetic double-layer model of aerosol surface chemistry and gas-particle interactions (K2-SURF): Degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exposed to O<sub>3</sub>, NO<sub>2</sub>, H<sub>2</sub>O, OH and NO<sub>3</sub>

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (24) ◽  
pp. 9571-9586 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Shiraiwa ◽  
R. M. Garland ◽  
U. Pöschl
Keyword(s):  
Surface Layer ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Surface Chemistry ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Aerosol Particles ◽  
Rate Coefficients ◽  
Particle Interactions ◽  
Langmuir Adsorption ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic

Abstract. We present a kinetic double-layer surface model (K2-SURF) that describes the degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on aerosol particles exposed to ozone, nitrogen dioxide, water vapor, hydroxyl and nitrate radicals. The model is based on multiple experimental studies of PAH degradation and on the PRA framework (Pöschl-Rudich-Ammann, 2007) for aerosol and cloud surface chemistry and gas-particle interactions. For a wide range of substrates, including solid and liquid organic and inorganic substances (soot, silica, sodium chloride, octanol/decanol, organic acids, etc.), the concentration- and time-dependence of the heterogeneous reaction between PAHs and O3 can be efficiently described with a Langmuir-Hinshelwood-type mechanism. Depending on the substrate material, the Langmuir adsorption constants for O3 vary over three orders of magnitude (Kads,O3 ≈ 10−15–10−13 cm3), and the second-order rate coefficients for the surface layer reaction of O3 with different PAH vary over two orders of magnitude (kSLR,PAH,O3 ≈ 10−18–10−17 cm2 s−1). The available data indicate that the Langmuir adsorption constants for NO2 are similar to those of O3, while those of H2O are several orders of magnitude smaller (Kads,H2O ≈ 10−18–10−17 cm3). The desorption lifetimes and adsorption enthalpies inferred from the Langmuir adsorption constants suggest chemisorption of NO2 and O3 and physisorption of H2O. Note, however, that the exact reaction mechanisms, rate limiting steps and possible intermediates still remain to be resolved (e.g., surface diffusion and formation of O atoms or O3− ions at the surface). The K2-SURF model enables the calculation of ozone uptake coefficients, γO3, and of PAH concentrations in the quasi-static particle surface layer. Competitive adsorption and chemical transformation of the surface (aging) lead to a strong non-linear dependence of γO3 on time and gas phase composition, with different characteristics under dilute atmospheric and concentrated laboratory conditions. Under typical ambient conditions, γO3 of PAH-coated aerosol particles are expected to be in the range of 10−6–10−5. At ambient temperatures, NO2 alone does not efficiently degrade PAHs, but it was found to accelerate the degradation of PAHs exposed to O3. The accelerating effect can be attributed to highly reactive NO3 radicals formed in the gas phase or on the surface. Estimated second-order rate coefficients for O3-NO2 and PAH-NO3 surface layer reactions are in the range of 10−17–10−16 cm2 s−1 and 10−15–10−12 cm2 s−1, respectively. The chemical half-life of PAHs is expected to range from a few minutes on the surface of soot to multiple hours on organic and inorganic solid particles and days on liquid particles. On soot, the degradation of particle-bound PAHs in the atmosphere appears to be dominated by a surface layer reaction with adsorbed ozone. On other substrates, it is likely dominated by gas-surface reactions with OH or NO3 radicals (Eley-Rideal-type mechanism). To our knowledge, K2-SURF is the first atmospheric process model describing multiple types of parallel and sequential surface reactions between multiple gaseous and particle-bound chemical species. It illustrates how the general equations of the PRA framework can be simplified and adapted for specific reaction systems, and we suggest that it may serve as a basis for the development of a general master mechanism of aerosol and cloud surface chemistry.

Rate coefficients for the gas-phase reaction of OH radicals with dimethyl sulfide: temperature and O2partial pressure dependence

2006 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 728-736 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihaela Albu ◽  
Ian Barnes ◽  
Karl H. Becker ◽  
Iulia Patroescu-Klotz ◽  
Raluca Mocanu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gas Phase ◽  
Pressure Dependence ◽  
Dimethyl Sulfide ◽  
Rate Coefficients ◽  
Oh Radicals ◽  
Phase Reaction ◽  
Gas Phase Reaction

scholarly journals Rate coefficients for the gas-phase reaction of OH with (<i>Z</i>)-3-hexen-1-ol, 1-penten-3-ol, (<i>E</i>)-2-penten-1-ol, and (<i>E</i>)-2-hexen-1-ol between 243 and 404 K

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 3347-3358 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. E. Davis ◽  
J. B. Burkholder
Keyword(s):  
Gas Phase ◽  
Negative Temperature ◽  
Rate Coefficients ◽  
Oh Radicals ◽  
Phase Reaction ◽  
Oh Radical ◽  
Gas Phase Reaction ◽  
First Order ◽  
Unsaturated Alcohols ◽  
Temperature Dependences

Abstract. Rate coefficients, k, for the gas-phase reaction of the OH radical with (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol (Z)-CH3CH2CH = CHCH2CH2OH) (k1), 1-penten-3-ol (CH3CH2CH(OH)CH = CH2) (k2), (E)-2-penten-1-ol ((E)-CH3CH2CH = CHCH2OH) (k3), and (E)-2-hexen-1-ol ((E)-CH3CH2CH2CH = CHCH2OH) (k4), unsaturated alcohols that are emitted into the atmosphere following vegetation wounding, are reported. Rate coefficients were measured under pseudo-first-order conditions in OH over the temperature range 243–404 K at pressures between 20 and 100 Torr (He) using pulsed laser photolysis (PLP) to produce OH radicals and laser induced fluorescence (LIF) to monitor the OH temporal profile. The obtained rate coefficients were independent of pressure with negative temperature dependences that are well described by the Arrhenius expressions k1(T) = (1.3 ± 0.1) × 10−11 exp[(580 ± 10)/T]; k1(297 K) = (1.06 ± 0.12) × 10−10 k2(T) = (6.8 ± 0.7) × 10−12 exp[(690 ± 20)/T]; k2(297 K) = (7.12 ± 0.73) × 10−11 k3(T) = (6.8 ± 0.8) × 10−12 exp[(680 ± 20)/T]; k3(297 K) = (6.76 ± 0.70) × 10−11 k4(T) = (5.4 − 0.6) × 10−12 exp[(690 ± 20)/T]; k4(297 K) = (6.15 ± 0.75) × 10−11 (in units of cm3 molecule−1 s−1). The quoted uncertainties are at the 2σ (95% confidence) level and include estimated systematic errors. The rate coefficients obtained in this study are compared with literature values where possible.

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