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Kenagy HS, Heald CL, Tahsini N, Goss MB, Kroll JH. Can we achieve atmospheric chemical environments in the laboratory? An integrated model-measurement approach to chamber SOA studies. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eado1482. [PMID: 39270014 PMCID: PMC11397429 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ado1482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 08/08/2024] [Indexed: 09/15/2024]
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Secondary organic aerosol (SOA), atmospheric particulate matter formed from low-volatility products of volatile organic compound (VOC) oxidation, affects both air quality and climate. Current 3D models, however, cannot reproduce the observed variability in atmospheric organic aerosol. Because many SOA model descriptions are derived from environmental chamber experiments, our ability to represent atmospheric conditions in chambers directly affects our ability to assess the air quality and climate impacts of SOA. Here, we develop an approach that leverages global modeling and detailed mechanisms to design chamber experiments that mimic the atmospheric chemistry of organic peroxy radicals (RO2), a key intermediate in VOC oxidation. Drawing on decades of laboratory experiments, we develop a framework for quantitatively describing RO2 chemistry and show that no previous experimental approaches to studying SOA formation have accessed the relevant atmospheric RO2 fate distribution. We show proof-of-concept experiments that demonstrate how SOA experiments can access a range of atmospheric chemical environments and propose several directions for future studies.
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- Hannah S Kenagy
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Liu L, Zhang C, Xia Y, Zhang W, Wang Z, Tang X. Dimeric product formation in the self-reaction of small peroxy radicals using synchrotron radiation vacuum ultraviolet photoionization mass spectrometry. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 363:142846. [PMID: 39025306 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2024] [Revised: 07/11/2024] [Accepted: 07/12/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
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Peroxy radicals (RO2) are key reactive intermediates in atmospheric oxidation processes and yet their chemistry is not fully unraveled. Little is known about their structures and the structures of the dimeric products (ROOR) in the self-reaction of small RO2, which are among the most abundant RO2 in the atmosphere. The product branching ratios of ROOR and their atmospheric roles are still in controversy. Here, the self-reaction of propyl peroxy radicals (C3H7O2), a typical small RO2 radical in the atmosphere, has been studied using synchrotron radiation vacuum ultraviolet photoionization mass spectrometry. Both radical (C3H7O) and closed-shell molecular (C3H6O, C3H7OH, C3H7OOC3H7) products in the self-reaction are observed in photoionization mass spectra and their elusive isomers are definitely identified in mass-selected photoionization spectra. Three isomers of the C3H7OOC3H7 dimeric products, R1OOR1, R1OOR2, and R2OOR2 (R1 and R2 represent 1-C3H7 and 2-C3H7, respectively), as well as their complex structures have been determined for the first time. Kinetic experiments are performed and compared with chemical simulations to reveal the sources of specific products. The branching ratio of the C3H7OOC3H7 dimeric channel is measured at 10 ± 5%. This work demonstrates that the dimeric product formation in the self-reaction of small RO2 radicals is non-negligible and should provide valuable new insight into atmospheric modelling.
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- Lingyu Liu
- Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, Anhui, China; School of Environmental Science and Optoelectronic Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, Anhui, China
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- Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, Anhui, China
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- Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, Anhui, China; Science Island Branch, Graduate School, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, Anhui, China
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- Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, Anhui, China; School of Environmental Science and Optoelectronic Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, Anhui, China.
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, Anhui, China
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- Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, Anhui, China.
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Zhang W, Xu L, Zhang H. Recent advances in mass spectrometry techniques for atmospheric chemistry research on molecular-level. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2024; 43:1091-1134. [PMID: 37439762 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Revised: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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The Earth's atmosphere is composed of an enormous variety of chemical species associated with trace gases and aerosol particles whose composition and chemistry have critical impacts on the Earth's climate, air quality, and human health. Mass spectrometry analysis as a powerful and popular analytical technique has been widely developed and applied in atmospheric chemistry for decades. Mass spectrometry allows for effective detection, identification, and quantification of a broad range of organic and inorganic chemical species with high sensitivity and resolution. In this review, we summarize recently developed mass spectrometry techniques, methods, and applications in atmospheric chemistry research in the past several years on molecular-level. Specifically, new developments of ion-molecule reactors, various soft ionization methods, and unique coupling with separation techniques are highlighted. The new mass spectrometry applications in laboratory studies and field measurements focused on improving the detection limits for traditional and emerging volatile organic compounds, characterizing multiphase highly oxygenated molecules, and monitoring particle bulk and surface compositions.
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- Wen Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
- Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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Pichelstorfer L, Roldin P, Rissanen M, Hyttinen N, Garmash O, Xavier C, Zhou P, Clusius P, Foreback B, Golin Almeida T, Deng C, Baykara M, Kurten T, Boy M. Towards automated inclusion of autoxidation chemistry in models: from precursors to atmospheric implications. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: ATMOSPHERES 2024; 4:879-896. [PMID: 39130798 PMCID: PMC11307592 DOI: 10.1039/d4ea00054d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 07/08/2024] [Indexed: 08/13/2024]
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In the last few decades, atmospheric formation of secondary organic aerosols (SOA) has gained increasing attention due to their impact on air quality and climate. However, methods to predict their abundance are mainly empirical and may fail under real atmospheric conditions. In this work, a close-to-mechanistic approach allowing SOA quantification is presented, with a focus on a chain-like chemical reaction called "autoxidation". A novel framework is employed to (a) describe the gas-phase chemistry, (b) predict the products' molecular structures and (c) explore the contribution of autoxidation chemistry on SOA formation under various conditions. As a proof of concept, the method is applied to benzene, an important anthropogenic SOA precursor. Our results suggest autoxidation to explain up to 100% of the benzene-SOA formed under low-NO x laboratory conditions. Under atmospheric-like day-time conditions, the calculated benzene-aerosol mass continuously forms, as expected based on prior work. Additionally, a prompt increase, driven by the NO3 radical, is predicted by the model at dawn. This increase has not yet been explored experimentally and stresses the potential for atmospheric SOA formation via secondary oxidation of benzene by O3 and NO3.
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- Lukas Pichelstorfer
- pi-numerics Neumarkt amW. 5202 Austria
- Chemistry and Physics of Materials, University of Salzburg A-5020 Austria
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki 00560 Helsinki Finland
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- Division of Nuclear Physics, Department of Physics, Lund University P. O. Box 118 221 00 Lund Sweden
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- Aerosol Physics Laboratory, Tampere University 33720 Tampere Finland
- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä FI-40014 Jyväskylä Finland
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- Aerosol Physics Laboratory, Tampere University 33720 Tampere Finland
- Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington Seattle WA USA
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki 00560 Helsinki Finland
- Division of Nuclear Physics, Department of Physics, Lund University P. O. Box 118 221 00 Lund Sweden
- SMHI/Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute Research Department, Unit of Meteorology/Environment and Climate SE-601 76 Norrköping Sweden
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki 00560 Helsinki Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki 00560 Helsinki Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki 00560 Helsinki Finland
- Atmospheric Modelling Centre Lahti Niemenkatu 73, Lahti University Campus 15140 Lahti Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki 00560 Helsinki Finland
- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University 100084 Beijing China
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki 00560 Helsinki Finland
- Atmospheric Modelling Centre Lahti Niemenkatu 73, Lahti University Campus 15140 Lahti Finland
- Climate and Marine Sciences Department, Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University Maslak Istanbul 34469 Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki 00560 Helsinki Finland
- Atmospheric Modelling Centre Lahti Niemenkatu 73, Lahti University Campus 15140 Lahti Finland
- School of Engineering Science, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology 53851 Lappeenranta Finland
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Smith Lewin C, Kumar A, Herbinet O, Arnoux P, Asgher R, Barua S, Battin-Leclerc F, Farhoudian S, Garcia GA, Tran LS, Vanhove G, Nahon L, Rissanen M, Bourgalais J. 1-Hexene Ozonolysis across Atmospheric and Combustion Temperatures via Synchrotron-Based Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry. J Phys Chem A 2024; 128:5374-5385. [PMID: 38917032 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.4c02687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/27/2024]
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This study investigates the complex interaction between ozone and the autoxidation of 1-hexene over a wide temperature range (300-800 K), overlapping atmospheric and combustion regimes. It is found that atmospheric molecular mechanisms initiate the oxidation of 1-hexene from room temperature up to combustion temperatures, leading to the formation of highly oxygenated organic molecules. As temperature rises, the highly oxygenated organic molecules contribute to radical-branching decomposition pathways inducing a high reactivity in the low-temperature combustion region, i.e., from 550 K. Above 650 K, the thermal decomposition of ozone into oxygen atoms becomes the dominant process, and a remarkable enhancement of the conversion is observed due to their diradical nature, counteracting the significant negative temperature coefficient behavior usually observed for 1-hexene. In order to better characterize the formation of heavy oxygenated organic molecules at the lowest temperatures, two analytical performance methods have been combined for the first time: synchrotron-based mass-selected photoelectron spectroscopy and orbitrap chemical ionization mass spectrometry. At the lowest studied temperatures (below 400 K), this analytical work has demonstrated the formation of the ketohydroperoxides usually found during the LTC oxidation of 1-hexene, as well as of molecules containing up to nine O atoms.
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- Aerosol Physics Laboratory, Tampere University, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland
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- Aerosol Physics Laboratory, Tampere University, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland
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- Aerosol Physics Laboratory, Tampere University, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland
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- Aerosol Physics Laboratory, Tampere University, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- PC2A, Université Lille, CNRS, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Aerosol Physics Laboratory, Tampere University, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland
- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Schervish M, Heinritzi M, Stolzenburg D, Dada L, Wang M, Ye Q, Hofbauer V, DeVivo J, Bianchi F, Brilke S, Duplissy J, El Haddad I, Finkenzeller H, He XC, Kvashnin A, Kim C, Kirkby J, Kulmala M, Lehtipalo K, Lopez B, Makhmutov V, Mentler B, Molteni U, Nie W, Petäjä T, Quéléver L, Volkamer R, Wagner AC, Winkler P, Yan C, Donahue NM. Interactions of peroxy radicals from monoterpene and isoprene oxidation simulated in the radical volatility basis set. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: ATMOSPHERES 2024; 4:740-753. [PMID: 39006766 PMCID: PMC11238171 DOI: 10.1039/d4ea00056k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2024] [Accepted: 06/19/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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Isoprene affects new particle formation rates in environments and experiments also containing monoterpenes. For the most part, isoprene reduces particle formation rates, but the reason is debated. It is proposed that due to its fast reaction with OH, isoprene may compete with larger monoterpenes for oxidants. However, by forming a large amount of peroxy-radicals (RO2), isoprene may also interfere with the formation of the nucleating species compared to a purely monoterpene system. We explore the RO2 cross reactions between monoterpene and isoprene oxidation products using the radical Volatility Basis Set (radical-VBS), a simplified reaction mechanism, comparing with observations from the CLOUD experiment at CERN. We find that isoprene interferes with covalently bound C20 dimers formed in the pure monoterpene system and consequently reduces the yields of the lowest volatility (Ultra Low Volatility Organic Carbon, ULVOC) VBS products. This in turn reduces nucleation rates, while having less of an effect on subsequent growth rates.
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- Meredith Schervish
- Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry Pittsburgh PA USA +1 412 268-4415
- University of California, Irvine Department of Chemistry Irvine CA USA
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt 60438 Frankfurt Am Main Germany
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- Institute of Materials Chemistry, TU Wien 1060 Vienna Austria
- Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna 1090 Vienna Austria
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute 5232 Villigen Switzerland
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- Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry Pittsburgh PA USA +1 412 268-4415
- University of Chicago, Department of the Geophysical Sciences Chicago IL USA
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- Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry Pittsburgh PA USA +1 412 268-4415
- Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling Laboratory, U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) Boulder Colorado 80301 USA
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- Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry Pittsburgh PA USA +1 412 268-4415
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- Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry Pittsburgh PA USA +1 412 268-4415
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki Helsinki 00014 Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Physics, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna 1090 Vienna Austria
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki Helsinki 00014 Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Physics, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute 5232 Villigen Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder Boulder CO 80309-0215 USA
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki Helsinki 00014 Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Physics, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge Cambridge CB2 1EW UK
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University Busan 46241 Republic of Korea
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology Pasadena CA 91125 USA
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt 60438 Frankfurt Am Main Germany
- CERN, The European Organization for Nuclear Research Geneve 23 CH-1211 Switzerland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki Helsinki 00014 Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Physics, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki Helsinki 00014 Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Physics, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland
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- Carnegie Mellon University Department of Chemical Engineering Pittsburgh PA USA
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- Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 119991 Moscow Russia
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University) 141701 Moscow Russia
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- Ion Molecule Reactions & Environmental Physics Group Institute of Ion Physics and Applied Physics Leopold-Franzens University Innsbruck Technikerstraße 25 A-6020 Innsbruck Austria
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute 5232 Villigen Switzerland
- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Plant Regeneration Ecology Birmensdorf CH-8903 Switzerland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki Helsinki 00014 Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Physics, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University Nanjing China
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki Helsinki 00014 Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Physics, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki Helsinki 00014 Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Physics, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder Boulder CO 80309-0215 USA
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt 60438 Frankfurt Am Main Germany
- Aerosol Physics Laboratory, Physics Unit, Tampere University FI-33014 Tampere Finland
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna 1090 Vienna Austria
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki Helsinki 00014 Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Physics, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University Nanjing China
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- Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry Pittsburgh PA USA +1 412 268-4415
- Carnegie Mellon University Department of Chemical Engineering Pittsburgh PA USA
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Pasik D, Frandsen BN, Meder M, Iyer S, Kurtén T, Myllys N. Gas-Phase Oxidation of Atmospherically Relevant Unsaturated Hydrocarbons by Acyl Peroxy Radicals. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:13427-13437. [PMID: 38712858 PMCID: PMC11389977 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c02523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
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This study assesses the atmospheric impact of reactions between unsaturated hydrocarbons such as isoprene and monoterpenes and peroxy radicals containing various functional groups. We find that reactions between alkenes and acyl peroxy radicals have reaction rates high enough to be feasible in the atmosphere and lead to high molar mass accretion products. Moreover, the reaction between unsaturated hydrocarbons and acyl peroxy radicals leads to an alkyl radical, to which molecular oxygen rapidly adds. This finding is confirmed by both theoretical calculations and experiments. The formed perester peroxy radical may either undergo further H-shift reactions or react bimolecularly. The multifunctional oxygenated compounds formed through acyl peroxy radical + alkene reactions are potentially important contributors to particle formation and growth. Thus, acyl peroxy radical-initiated oxidation chemistry may need to be included in atmospheric models.
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- Dominika Pasik
- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Aerosol Physics Laboratory, Tampere University, Tampere 33014, Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Aerosol Physics Laboratory, Tampere University, Tampere 33014, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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Yin D, Zhao B, Wang S, Donahue NM, Feng B, Chang X, Chen Q, Cheng X, Liu T, Chan CK, Schervish M, Li Z, He Y, Hao J. Fostering a Holistic Understanding of the Full Volatility Spectrum of Organic Compounds from Benzene Series Precursors through Mechanistic Modeling. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:8380-8392. [PMID: 38691504 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c07128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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A comprehensive understanding of the full volatility spectrum of organic oxidation products from the benzene series precursors is important to quantify the air quality and climate effects of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) and new particle formation (NPF). However, current models fail to capture the full volatility spectrum due to the absence of important reaction pathways. Here, we develop a novel unified model framework, the integrated two-dimensional volatility basis set (I2D-VBS), to simulate the full volatility spectrum of products from benzene series precursors by simultaneously representing first-generational oxidation, multigenerational aging, autoxidation, dimerization, nitrate formation, etc. The model successfully reproduces the volatility and O/C distributions of oxygenated organic molecules (OOMs) as well as the concentrations and the O/C of SOA over wide-ranging experimental conditions. In typical urban environments, autoxidation and multigenerational oxidation are the two main pathways for the formation of OOMs and SOA with similar contributions, but autoxidation contributes more to low-volatility products. NOx can reduce about two-thirds of OOMs and SOA, and most of the extremely low-volatility products compared to clean conditions, by suppressing dimerization and autoxidation. The I2D-VBS facilitates a holistic understanding of full volatility product formation, which helps fill the large gap in the predictions of organic NPF, particle growth, and SOA formation.
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- Dejia Yin
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Sources and Control of Air Pollution Complex, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Sources and Control of Air Pollution Complex, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Sources and Control of Air Pollution Complex, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Sources and Control of Air Pollution Complex, Beijing 100084, China
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- Laboratory of Transport Pollution Control and Monitoring Technology, Transport Planning and Research Institute, Ministry of Transport, Beijing 100028, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, BIC-ESAT and IJRC, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, BIC-ESAT and IJRC, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Sources and Control of Air Pollution Complex, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Sources and Control of Air Pollution Complex, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Sources and Control of Air Pollution Complex, Beijing 100084, China
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Gautam T, Kim E, Ng L, Choudhary V, Lima Amorim J, Loebel Roson M, Zhao R. Photooxidation-Initiated Aqueous-Phase Formation of Organic Peroxides: Delving into Formation Mechanisms. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:6564-6574. [PMID: 38578220 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c01162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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Formation of highly oxygenated molecules (HOMs) such as organic peroxides (ROOR, ROOH, and H2O2) is known to degrade food and organic matter. Gas-phase unimolecular autoxidation and bimolecular RO2 + HO2/RO2 reactions are prominently renowned mechanisms associated with the formation of peroxides. However, the reaction pathways and conditions favoring the generation of peroxides in the aqueous phase need to be evaluated. Here, we identified bulk aqueous-phase ROOHs in varying organic precursors, including a laboratory model compound and monoterpene oxidation products. Our results show that formation of ROOHs is suppressed at enhanced oxidant concentrations but exhibits complex trends at elevated precursor concentrations. Furthermore, we observed an exponential increase in the yield of ROOHs when UV light with longer wavelengths was used in the experiment, comparing UVA, UVB, and UVC. Water-soluble organic compounds represent a significant fraction of ambient cloud-water components (up to 500 μM). Thus, the reaction pathways facilitating the formation of HOMs (i.e., ROOHs) during the aqueous-phase oxidation of water-soluble species add to the climate and health burden of atmospheric particulate matter.
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- Tania Gautam
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Air Pollution Exposure Laboratory, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z1W9, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada
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Salo VT, Chen J, Runeberg N, Kjaergaard HG, Kurtén T. Multireference and Coupled-Cluster Study of Dimethyltetroxide (MeO 4Me) Formation and Decomposition. J Phys Chem A 2024. [PMID: 38417845 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c08043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2024]
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Peroxyl radicals (RO2) are important intermediates in the atmospheric oxidation processes. The RO2 can react with other RO2 to form reactive intermediates known as tetroxides, RO4R. The reaction mechanisms of RO4R formation and its various decomposition channels have been investigated in multiple computational studies, but previous approaches have not been able to provide a unified methodology that is able to connect all relevant reactions together. An apparent difficulty in modeling the RO4R formation and its decomposition is the involvement of open-shell singlet electronic states along the reaction pathway. Modeling such electronic states requires multireference (MR) methods, which we use in the present study to investigate in detail a model reaction of MeO2 + MeO2 → MeO4Me, and its decomposition, MeO4Me → MeO + O2 + MeO, as well as the two-body product complexes MeO···O2 + MeO and MeO···MeO + O2. The used MR methods are benchmarked against relative energies of MeO2 + MeO2, MeO4Me, and MeO + MeO + O2, calculated with CCSD(T)/CBS, W2X, and W3X-L methods. We found that the calculated relative energies of the overall MeO2 + MeO2 → MeO4Me → MeO + O2 + MeO reaction are very sensitive to the chosen MR method and that the CASPT2(22e,14o)-IPEA method is able to reproduce the relative energies obtained by the various coupled-cluster methods. Furthermore, CASPT2(22e,14o)-IPEA and W3X-L results show that the MeO···O2 product complex + MeO is lower in energy than the MeO···MeO complex + O2. The formation of MeO4Me is exothermic, and its decomposition is endothermic, relative to the tetroxide. Both the formation and decomposition reactions appear to follow pathways with no saddle points. According to potential energy surface scans of the decomposition pathway, the concerted cleavage of both MeO···O bonds in MeO4Me is energetically preferred over the corresponding sequential decomposition.
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- Vili-Taneli Salo
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
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Li X, Li J, Tian Y, Yang Y, Chen W, Wang R, Zhang Y, Song K, Wei Y, Wang G, Shi G. Furan-based fluorescent probe free radical capture membrane: Analysis of RO 2 radical composition and transformation mechanism in urban atmosphere. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 349:140916. [PMID: 38081522 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
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Peroxyl radicals (RO2) are important components of atmospheric radical cycling and generation, but their formation, distribution and evolution mechanisms in the atmospheric environment have not been investigated. In this paper, we propose a novel atmospheric RO2 radical trapping membrane that can trap low carbon number (Rc ≤ 5) RO2 radicals and identify their R-group structures by fluorescence spectroscopy and chromatography. We also analyzed the composition and evolution mechanism of RO2 species under different meteorological conditions in the atmospheric environment of Lanzhou, China, to provide scientific support for the treatment and research of atmospheric chemical pollution.
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- Xin Li
- School of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou, 730050, PR China; Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy and Chemical Engineering of Gansu Province, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou, 730050, PR China
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- School of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou, 730050, PR China; Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy and Chemical Engineering of Gansu Province, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou, 730050, PR China
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- School of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou, 730050, PR China; Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy and Chemical Engineering of Gansu Province, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou, 730050, PR China
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- School of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou, 730050, PR China; Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy and Chemical Engineering of Gansu Province, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou, 730050, PR China
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- School of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou, 730050, PR China; Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy and Chemical Engineering of Gansu Province, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou, 730050, PR China
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- School of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou, 730050, PR China; Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy and Chemical Engineering of Gansu Province, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou, 730050, PR China
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- School of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou, 730050, PR China; Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy and Chemical Engineering of Gansu Province, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou, 730050, PR China
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- School of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou, 730050, PR China; Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy and Chemical Engineering of Gansu Province, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou, 730050, PR China
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- School of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou, 730050, PR China; Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy and Chemical Engineering of Gansu Province, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou, 730050, PR China
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- School of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou, 730050, PR China; Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy and Chemical Engineering of Gansu Province, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou, 730050, PR China.
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- School of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou, 730050, PR China; Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy and Chemical Engineering of Gansu Province, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou, 730050, PR China
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Yu S, Jia L, Xu Y, Pan Y. Oligomer formation from cross-reaction of Criegee intermediates in the styrene-isoprene-O 3 mixed system. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 349:140811. [PMID: 38040248 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023]
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Alkene ozonolysis can produce stabilized Criegee intermediates (SCIs), which play a key role in oligomers' formation. Though styrene and isoprene coexist in the ambient atmosphere as important anthropogenic and biogenic secondary organic aerosol (SOA) precursors, respectively, their cross-reactions have not received attention. This study investigated the interactions of SCIs from styrene and isoprene ozonolysis for the first time. The high-resolution Orbitrap mass spectrometer was used to determine the unique ion mass spectra of the isoprene-styrene-O3 mixture. The results show that the signal intensities of new ions account for >8.4% of total ions in the mass spectra of the styrene-isoprene-O3 mixed system. Styrene and isoprene ozonolysis can produce characteristic C7-SCI and C4-SCI, respectively. C7-SCI and C4-SCI can be involved in the cross-reactions, and the results of tandem mass spectra directly confirmed both C7-SCI and C4-SCI as chain units. The O/C and H/C ratios of cross-products are in the range of 0.38-1.07 and 1.00-1.50, respectively, which are consistent with cross-reaction products. Adding a C7-SCI unit reduces the oligomer's volatility by 1.3-1.4 orders of magnitude lower than adding a C4-SCI unit. Thus, C4-SCI can compete with C7-SCI to react with styrene-derived RO2/RC(O)OH to produce more volatile cross-products, while the less volatile cross-products can be formed when isoprene-derived RO2/RC(O)OH reacted with C7-SCI instead of C4-SCI. The SOA yield of the mixed system is lower than that of the single styrene-O3 system but higher than that of the single isoprene-O3 system. Ambient particles were also collected, and 5 possible SCI-related cross-products were identified. This study illustrates the effects of SCI-related cross-reactions on SOA components and physicochemical properties, providing a basis for future research on SCI-related cross-reactions that frequently occur in the ambient atmosphere.
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- Shanshan Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China; Department of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China; Department of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China; Department of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China; Department of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Li D, Huang W, Wang D, Wang M, Thornton JA, Caudillo L, Rörup B, Marten R, Scholz W, Finkenzeller H, Marie G, Baltensperger U, Bell DM, Brasseur Z, Curtius J, Dada L, Duplissy J, Gong X, Hansel A, He XC, Hofbauer V, Junninen H, Krechmer JE, Kürten A, Lamkaddam H, Lehtipalo K, Lopez B, Ma Y, Mahfouz NGA, Manninen HE, Mentler B, Perrier S, Petäjä T, Pfeifer J, Philippov M, Schervish M, Schobesberger S, Shen J, Surdu M, Tomaz S, Volkamer R, Wang X, Weber SK, Welti A, Worsnop DR, Wu Y, Yan C, Zauner-Wieczorek M, Kulmala M, Kirkby J, Donahue NM, George C, El-Haddad I, Bianchi F, Riva M. Nitrate Radicals Suppress Biogenic New Particle Formation from Monoterpene Oxidation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:1601-1614. [PMID: 38185880 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c07958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
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Highly oxygenated organic molecules (HOMs) are a major source of new particles that affect the Earth's climate. HOM production from the oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) occurs during both the day and night and can lead to new particle formation (NPF). However, NPF involving organic vapors has been reported much more often during the daytime than during nighttime. Here, we show that the nitrate radicals (NO3), which arise predominantly at night, inhibit NPF during the oxidation of monoterpenes based on three lines of observational evidence: NPF experiments in the CLOUD (Cosmics Leaving OUtdoor Droplets) chamber at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), radical chemistry experiments using an oxidation flow reactor, and field observations in a wetland that occasionally exhibits nocturnal NPF. Nitrooxy-peroxy radicals formed from NO3 chemistry suppress the production of ultralow-volatility organic compounds (ULVOCs) responsible for biogenic NPF, which are covalently bound peroxy radical (RO2) dimer association products. The ULVOC yield of α-pinene in the presence of NO3 is one-fifth of that resulting from ozone chemistry alone. Even trace amounts of NO3 radicals, at sub-parts per trillion level, suppress the NPF rate by a factor of 4. Ambient observations further confirm that when NO3 chemistry is involved, monoterpene NPF is completely turned off. Our results explain the frequent absence of nocturnal biogenic NPF in monoterpene (α-pinene)-rich environments.
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- Dandan Li
- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, Villeurbanne 69626, France
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck 6020, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry & CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig 04318, Germany
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- Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck 6020, Austria
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Tartu 50090, Estonia
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- Aerodyne Research Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts 01821, United States
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki 00560, Finland
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- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Formation and Prevention of Urban Air Pollution Complex, Shanghai Academy of Environment Sciences, Shanghai 200233, P. R. China
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- Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, United States
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- CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneve 23 CH-1211, Switzerland
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- Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck 6020, Austria
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, Villeurbanne 69626, France
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneve 23 CH-1211, Switzerland
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- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, Villeurbanne 69626, France
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- Department of Chemistry & CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, Villeurbanne 69626, France
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
- CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneve 23 CH-1211, Switzerland
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki 00560, Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Aerodyne Research Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts 01821, United States
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
- CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneve 23 CH-1211, Switzerland
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- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, Villeurbanne 69626, France
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen 5232, Switzerland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, Villeurbanne 69626, France
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Chen J, Lane JR, Bates KH, Kjaergaard HG. Atmospheric Gas-Phase Formation of Methanesulfonic Acid. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:21168-21177. [PMID: 38051922 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c07120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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Despite its impact on the climate, the mechanism of methanesulfonic acid (MSA) formation in the oxidation of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) remains unclear. The DMS + OH reaction is known to form methanesulfinic acid (MSIA), methane sulfenic acid (MSEA), the methylthio radical (CH3S), and hydroperoxymethyl thioformate (HPMTF). Among them, HPMTF reacts further to form SO2 and OCS, while the other three form the CH3SO2 radical. Based on theoretical calculations, we find that the CH3SO2 radical can add O2 to form CH3S(O)2OO, which can react further to form MSA. The branching ratio is highly temperature sensitive, and the MSA yield increases with decreasing temperature. In warmer regions, SO2 is the dominant product of DMS oxidation, while in colder regions, large amounts of MSA can form. Global modeling indicates that the proposed temperature-sensitive MSA formation mechanism leads to a substantial increase in the simulated global atmospheric MSA formation and burden.
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- Jing Chen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, Copenhagen Ø DK-2100, Denmark
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- School of Science, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand
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- NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Earth System Research Laboratories & Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80305, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, Copenhagen Ø DK-2100, Denmark
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Omezzine Gnioua M, Spesyvyi A, Španěl P. Gas phase H +, H 3O + and NH 4+ affinities of oxygen-bearing volatile organic compounds; DFT calculations for soft chemical ionisation mass spectrometry. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:30343-30348. [PMID: 37909271 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp03604a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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Quantum chemistry calculations were performed using the density functional theory, DFT, to understand the structures and energetics of organic ions relevant to gas phase ion chemistry in soft chemical ionisation mass spectrometry analytical methods. Geometries of a range of neutral volatile organic compound molecules and ions resulting from protonation, the addition of H3O+ and the addition of NH4+ were optimised using the B3LYP hybrid DFT method. Then, the total energies and the normal mode vibrational frequencies were determined, and the total enthalpies of the neutral molecules and ions were calculated for the standard temperature and pressure. The calculations were performed for several feasible structures of each of the ions. The proton affinities of several benchmark molecules agree with the accepted values within ±4 kJ mol-1, indicating that B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) provides chemical accuracy for oxygen-containing volatile organic compounds. It was also found that the binding energies of H3O+ and NH4+ to molecules correlate with their proton affinities. The results contribute to the understanding of ligand switching ion-molecule reactions important for secondary electrospray ionisation, SESI, and selected ion flow tube, SIFT, mass spectrometries.
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- Maroua Omezzine Gnioua
- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 2155/3, 18223 Prague 8, Czech Republic.
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, V Holešovičkách 747/2, 18000 Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 2155/3, 18223 Prague 8, Czech Republic.
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 2155/3, 18223 Prague 8, Czech Republic.
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Zuraski K, Grieman FJ, Hui AO, Cowen J, Winiberg FAF, Percival CJ, Okumura M, Sander SP. Acetonyl Peroxy and Hydroperoxy Self- and Cross-Reactions: Temperature-Dependent Kinetic Parameters, Branching Fractions, and Chaperone Effects. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:7772-7792. [PMID: 37683115 PMCID: PMC10518823 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c03660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
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The temperature-dependent kinetic parameters, branching fractions, and chaperone effects of the self- and cross-reactions between acetonyl peroxy (CH3C(O)CH2O2) and hydro peroxy (HO2) have been studied using pulsed laser photolysis coupled with infrared (IR) wavelength-modulation spectroscopy and ultraviolet absorption (UVA) spectroscopy. Two IR lasers simultaneously monitored HO2 and hydroxyl (OH), while UVA measurements monitored CH3C(O)CH2O2. For the CH3C(O)CH2O2 self-reaction (T = 270-330 K), the rate parameters were determined to be A = (1.5-0.3+0.4) × 10-13 and Ea/R = -996 ± 334 K and the branching fraction to the alkoxy channel, k2b/k2, showed an inverse temperature dependence following the expression, k2b/k2 = (2.27 ± 0.62) - [(6.35 ± 2.06) × 10-3] T(K). For the reaction between CH3C(O)CH2O2 and HO2 (T = 270-330 K), the rate parameters were determined to be A = (3.4-1.5+2.5) × 10-13 and Ea/R = -547 ± 415 K for the hydroperoxide product channel and A = (6.23-4.4+15.3) × 10-17 and Ea/R = -3100 ± 870 K for the OH product channel. The branching fraction for the OH channel, k1b /k1, follows the temperature-dependent expression, k1b/k1 = (3.27 ± 0.51) - [(9.6 ± 1.7) × 10-3] T(K). Determination of these parameters required an extensive reaction kinetics model which included a re-evaluation of the temperature dependence of the HO2 self-reaction chaperone enhancement parameters due to the methanol-hydroperoxy complex. The second-law thermodynamic parameters for KP,M for the formation of the complex were found to be ΔrH250K° = -38.6 ± 3.3 kJ mol-1 and ΔrS250K° = -110.5 ± 13.2 J mol-1 K-1, with the third-law analysis yielding ΔrH250K° = -37.5 ± 0.25 kJ mol-1. The HO2 self-reaction rate coefficient was determined to be k4 = (3.34-0.80+1.04) × 10-13 exp [(507 ± 76)/T]cm3 molecule-1 s-1 with the enhancement term k4,M″ = (2.7-1.7+4.7) × 10-36 exp [(4700 ± 255)/T]cm6 molecule-2 s-1, proportional to [CH3OH], over T = 220-280 K. The equivalent chaperone enhancement parameter for the acetone-hydroperoxy complex was also required and determined to be k4,A″ = (5.0 × 10-38 - 1.4 × 10-41) exp[(7396 ± 1172)/T] cm6 molecule-2 s-1, proportional to [CH3C(O)CH3], over T = 270-296 K. From these parameters, the rate coefficients for the reactions between HO2 and the respective complexes over the given temperature ranges can be estimated: for HO2·CH3OH, k12 = [(1.72 ± 0.050) × 10-11] exp [(314 ± 7.2)/T] cm3 molecule-1 s-1 and for HO2·CH3C(O)CH3, k15 = [(7.9 ± 0.72) × 10-17] exp [(3881 ± 25)/T] cm3 molecule-1 s-1. Lastly, an estimate of the rate coefficient for the HO2·CH3OH self-reaction was also determined to be k13 = (1.3 ± 0.45) × 10-10 cm3 molecule-1 s-1.
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- Kristen Zuraski
- NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute
of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, United States
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- NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute
of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, United States
- Seaver
Chemistry Laboratory, Pomona College, Claremont, California 91711, United States
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- Arthur
Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute
of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, United States
- Seaver
Chemistry Laboratory, Pomona College, Claremont, California 91711, United States
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- NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute
of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, United States
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- NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute
of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, United States
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- Arthur
Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute
of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, United States
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Berndt T, Hoffmann EH, Tilgner A, Stratmann F, Herrmann H. Direct sulfuric acid formation from the gas-phase oxidation of reduced-sulfur compounds. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4849. [PMID: 37563153 PMCID: PMC10415363 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40586-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
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Sulfuric acid represents a fundamental precursor for new nanometre-sized atmospheric aerosol particles. These particles, after subsequent growth, may influence Earth´s radiative forcing directly, or indirectly through affecting the microphysical and radiative properties of clouds. Currently considered formation routes yielding sulfuric acid in the atmosphere are the gas-phase oxidation of SO2 initiated by OH radicals and by Criegee intermediates, the latter being of little relevance. Here we report the observation of immediate sulfuric acid production from the OH reaction of emitted organic reduced-sulfur compounds, which was speculated about in the literature for decades. Key intermediates are the methylsulfonyl radical, CH3SO2, and, even more interestingly, its corresponding peroxy compound, CH3SO2OO. Results of modelling for pristine marine conditions show that oxidation of reduced-sulfur compounds could be responsible for up to ∼50% of formed gas-phase sulfuric acid in these areas. Our findings provide a more complete understanding of the atmospheric reduced-sulfur oxidation.
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- Torsten Berndt
- Atmospheric Chemistry Department (ACD), Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), 04318, Leipzig, Germany.
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- Atmospheric Chemistry Department (ACD), Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- Atmospheric Chemistry Department (ACD), Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- Atmospheric Microphysics Department (AMP), Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- Atmospheric Chemistry Department (ACD), Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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Yue H, Zhang C, Lin X, Wen Z, Zhang W, Mostafa S, Luo PL, Zhang Z, Hemberger P, Fittschen C, Tang X. Dimeric Product of Peroxy Radical Self-Reaction Probed with VUV Photoionization Mass Spectrometry and Theoretical Calculations: The Case of C 2H 5OOC 2H 5. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24043731. [PMID: 36835141 PMCID: PMC9965172 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Revised: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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Organic peroxy radicals (RO2) as key intermediates in tropospheric chemistry exert a controlling influence on the cycling of atmospheric reactive radicals and the production of secondary pollutants, such as ozone and secondary organic aerosols (SOA). Herein, we present a comprehensive study of the self-reaction of ethyl peroxy radicals (C2H5O2) by using advanced vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photoionization mass spectrometry in combination with theoretical calculations. A VUV discharge lamp in Hefei and synchrotron radiation at the Swiss Light Source (SLS) are employed as the photoionization light sources, combined with a microwave discharge fast flow reactor in Hefei and a laser photolysis reactor at the SLS. The dimeric product, C2H5OOC2H5, as well as other products, CH3CHO, C2H5OH and C2H5O, formed from the self-reaction of C2H5O2 are clearly observed in the photoionization mass spectra. Two kinds of kinetic experiments have been performed in Hefei by either changing the reaction time or the initial concentration of C2H5O2 radicals to confirm the origins of the products and to validate the reaction mechanisms. Based on the fitting of the kinetic data with the theoretically calculated results and the peak area ratios in the photoionization mass spectra, a branching ratio of 10 ± 5% for the pathway leading to the dimeric product C2H5OOC2H5 is measured. In addition, the adiabatic ionization energy (AIE) of C2H5OOC2H5 is determined at 8.75 ± 0.05 eV in the photoionization spectrum with the aid of Franck-Condon calculations and its structure is revealed here for the first time. The potential energy surface of the C2H5O2 self-reaction has also been theoretically calculated with a high-level of theory to understand the reaction processes in detail. This study provides a new insight into the direct measurement of the elusive dimeric product ROOR and demonstrates its non-negligible branching ratio in the self-reaction of small RO2 radicals.
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- Hao Yue
- Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- Science Island Branch, Graduate School, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- Science Island Branch, Graduate School, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8522-PC2A–Physicochimie des Processus de Combustion et de I’Atmosphère, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8522-PC2A–Physicochimie des Processus de Combustion et de I’Atmosphère, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Laboratory for Synchrotron Radiation and Femtochemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Synchrotron Radiation and Femtochemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8522-PC2A–Physicochimie des Processus de Combustion et de I’Atmosphère, F-59000 Lille, France
- Correspondence: (C.F.); (X.T.)
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- Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- Correspondence: (C.F.); (X.T.)
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Hasan G, Salo VT, Golin Almeida T, Valiev RR, Kurtén T. Computational Investigation of Substituent Effects on the Alcohol + Carbonyl Channel of Peroxy Radical Self- and Cross-Reactions. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:1686-1696. [PMID: 36753050 PMCID: PMC9969516 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c08927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Organic peroxy radicals (RO2) are key intermediates in atmospheric chemistry and can undergo a large variety of both uni- and bimolecular reactions. One of the least understood reaction classes of RO2 are their self- and cross-reactions: RO2 + R'O2. In our previous work, we have investigated how RO2 + R'O2 reactions can lead to the formation of ROOR' accretion products through intersystem crossings and subsequent recombination of a triplet intermediate complex 3(RO···OR'). Accretion products can potentially have very low saturation vapor pressures, and may therefore participate in the formation of aerosol particles. In this work, we investigate the competing H-shift channel, which leads to the formation of more volatile carbonyl and alcohol products. This is one of the main, and sometimes the dominant, RO2 + R'O2 reaction channels for small RO2. We investigate how substituents (R and R' groups) affect the H-shift barriers and rates for a set of 3(RO···OR') complexes. The variation in barrier heights and rates is found to be surprisingly small, and most computed H-shift rates are fast: around 108-109 s-1. We find that the barrier height is affected by three competing factors: (1) the weakening of the breaking C-H bond due to interactions with adjacent functional groups; (2) the overall binding energy of the 3(RO···OR'), which tends to increase the barrier height; and (3) the thermodynamic stability of the reaction products. We also calculated intersystem crossing rate coefficients (ISC) for the same systems and found that most of them were of the same order of magnitude as the H-shift rates. This suggests that both studied channels are competitive for small and medium-sized RO2. However, for complex enough R or R' groups, the binding energy effect may render the H-shift channel uncompetitive with intersystem crossings (and thus ROOR' formation), as the rate of the latter, while variable, seems to be largely independent of system size. This may help explain the experimental observation that accretion product formation becomes highly effective for large and multifunctional RO2.
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- Galib Hasan
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, 00014 Helsinki, Finland,Institute
for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland,
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, 00014 Helsinki, Finland,Institute
for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, 00014 Helsinki, Finland,Institute
for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, 00014 Helsinki, Finland,Institute
for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, 00014 Helsinki, Finland,Institute
for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland,
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Bell DM, Pospisilova V, Lopez-Hilfiker F, Bertrand A, Xiao M, Zhou X, Huang W, Wang DS, Lee CP, Dommen J, Baltensperger U, Prevot ASH, El Haddad I, Slowik JG. Effect of OH scavengers on the chemical composition of α-pinene secondary organic aerosol. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: ATMOSPHERES 2023; 3:115-123. [PMID: 36743126 PMCID: PMC9850668 DOI: 10.1039/d2ea00105e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OH scavengers are extensively used in studies of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) because they create an idealized environment where only a single oxidation pathway is occurring. Here, we present a detailed molecular characterization of SOA produced from α-pinene + O3 with a variety of OH scavengers using the extractive electrospray time-of-flight mass spectrometer in our atmospheric simulation chamber, which is complemented by characterizing the gas phase composition in flow reactor experiments. Under our experimental conditions, radical chemistry largely controls the composition of SOA. Besides playing their desired role in suppressing the reaction of α-pinene with OH, OH scavengers alter the reaction pathways of radicals produced from α-pinene + O3. This involves changing the HO2 : RO2 ratio, the identity of the RO2 radicals present, and the RO2 major sinks. As a result, the use of the OH scavengers has significant effects on the composition of SOA, including inclusions of scavenger molecules in SOA, the promotion of fragmentation reactions, and depletion of dimers formed via α-pinene RO2-RO2 reactions. To date fragmentation reactions and inclusion of OH scavenger products into secondary organic aerosol have not been reported in atmospheric simulation chamber studies. Therefore, care should be considered if and when to use an OH scavenger during experiments.
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- David M. Bell
- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute5232 VilligenSwitzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute5232 VilligenSwitzerland,Tofwerk3600 ThunSwitzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute5232 VilligenSwitzerland,Tofwerk3600 ThunSwitzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute5232 VilligenSwitzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute5232 VilligenSwitzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute5232 VilligenSwitzerland
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- Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology76344 Eggenstein-LeopoldshafenGermany
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute5232 VilligenSwitzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute5232 VilligenSwitzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute5232 VilligenSwitzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute5232 VilligenSwitzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute5232 VilligenSwitzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute5232 VilligenSwitzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute5232 VilligenSwitzerland
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Wang S, Zhao Y, Chan AWH, Yao M, Chen Z, Abbatt JPD. Organic Peroxides in Aerosol: Key Reactive Intermediates for Multiphase Processes in the Atmosphere. Chem Rev 2023; 123:1635-1679. [PMID: 36630720 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Organic peroxides (POs) are organic molecules with one or more peroxide (-O-O-) functional groups. POs are commonly regarded as chemically labile termination products from gas-phase radical chemistry and therefore serve as temporary reservoirs for oxidative radicals (HOx and ROx) in the atmosphere. Owing to their ubiquity, active gas-particle partitioning behavior, and reactivity, POs are key reactive intermediates in atmospheric multiphase processes determining the life cycle (formation, growth, and aging), climate, and health impacts of aerosol. However, there remain substantial gaps in the origin, molecular diversity, and fate of POs due to their complex nature and dynamic behavior. Here, we summarize the current understanding on atmospheric POs, with a focus on their identification and quantification, state-of-the-art analytical developments, molecular-level formation mechanisms, multiphase chemical transformation pathways, as well as environmental and health impacts. We find that interactions with SO2 and transition metal ions are generally the fast PO transformation pathways in atmospheric liquid water, with lifetimes estimated to be minutes to hours, while hydrolysis is particularly important for α-substituted hydroperoxides. Meanwhile, photolysis and thermolysis are likely minor sinks for POs. These multiphase PO transformation pathways are distinctly different from their gas-phase fates, such as photolysis and reaction with OH radicals, which highlights the need to understand the multiphase partitioning of POs. By summarizing the current advances and remaining challenges for the investigation of POs, we propose future research priorities regarding their origin, fate, and impacts in the atmosphere.
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- Shunyao Wang
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200240, China
- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai200444, China
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, OntarioM5S 3E5, Canada
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200240, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, OntarioM5S 3E5, Canada
- School of the Environment, University of Toronto, Toronto, OntarioM5S 3E8, Canada
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing100871, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, OntarioM5S 3H6, Canada
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Gao Y, Lu K, Zhang Y. Review of technologies and their applications for the speciated detection of RO 2 radicals. J Environ Sci (China) 2023; 123:487-499. [PMID: 36522008 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2022.09.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Revised: 09/17/2022] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Peroxy radicals (RO2), which are formed during the oxidation of volatile organic compounds, play an important role in atmospheric oxidation reactions. Therefore, the measurement of RO2, especially distinct species of RO2 radicals, is important and greatly helps the exploration of atmospheric chemistry mechanisms. Although the speciated detection of RO2 radicals remains challenging, various methods have been developed to study them in detail. These methods can be divided into spectroscopy and mass spectrometry technologies. The spectroscopy methods contain laser-induced fluorescence (LIF), UV-absorption spectroscopy, cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS) and matrix isolation and electron spin resonance (MIESR). The mass spectrometry methods contain chemical ionization atmospheric pressure interface time-of-flight mass spectrometry (CI-APi-TOF), chemical ionization mass spectrometry (CIMS), CI-Orbitrap-MS and the third-generation proton transfer reaction-time-of-flight mass spectrometer (PTR3). This article reviews technologies for the speciated detection of RO2 radicals and the applications of these methods. In addition, a comparison of these techniques and the reaction mechanisms of some key species are discussed. Finally, possible gaps are proposed that could be filled by future research into speciated RO2 radicals.
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- Yue Gao
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Ozone Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Ozone Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Ozone Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
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Thomsen D, Thomsen LD, Iversen EM, Björgvinsdóttir TN, Vinther SF, Skønager JT, Hoffmann T, Elm J, Bilde M, Glasius M. Ozonolysis of α-Pinene and Δ 3-Carene Mixtures: Formation of Dimers with Two Precursors. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:16643-16651. [PMID: 36355568 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c04786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The formation of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) from the structurally similar monoterpenes, α-pinene and Δ3-carene, differs substantially. The aerosol phase is already complex for a single precursor, and when mixtures are oxidized, products, e.g., dimers, may form between different volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This work investigates whether differences in SOA formation and properties from the oxidation of individual monoterpenes persist when a mixture of the monoterpenes is oxidized. Ozonolysis of α-pinene, Δ3-carene, and a 1:1 mixture of them was performed in the Aarhus University Research on Aerosol (AURA) atmospheric simulation chamber. Here, ∼100 ppb of monoterpene was oxidized by 200 ppb O3 under dark conditions at 20 °C. The particle number concentration and particle mass concentration for ozonolysis of α-pinene exceed those from ozonolysis of Δ3-carene alone, while their mixture results in concentrations similar to α-pinene ozonolysis. Detailed offline analysis reveals evidence of VOC-cross-product dimers in SOA from ozonolysis of the monoterpene mixture: a VOC-cross-product dimer likely composed of the monomeric units cis-caric acid and 10-hydroxy-pinonic acid and a VOC-cross-product dimer ester likely from the monomeric units caronaldehyde and terpenylic acid were tentatively identified by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. To improve the understanding of chemical mechanisms determining SOA, it is relevant to identify VOC-cross-products.
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- Ditte Thomsen
- Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Shi X, Tang R, Dong Z, Liu H, Xu F, Zhang Q, Zong W, Cheng J. A neglected pathway for the accretion products formation in the atmosphere. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 848:157494. [PMID: 35914590 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Revised: 07/09/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Highly oxygenated organic molecules (HOM) formed by the autoxidation of α-pinene initiated by OH radicals play an important role in new particle formation. It is believed that the accretion products, ROOR´, formed by the self- and cross-reaction of peroxy radicals (RO2 + R'O2 reactions), have extremely low volatility and are more likely to participate in nucleation. However, the mechanism of ROOR´ formation has not been fully demonstrated by experiment or theoretical calculation. Herein, we propose a novel mechanism of RO2 reacting with α-pinene (RO2 + α-pinene reactions) that have much lower potential barriers and larger rate constants than the reaction of RO2 with R'O2, which explains the ROOR´ formation found in the mass spectrometry experiments. The ROOR´ resulting from the reaction of RO2 with α-pinene can produce HOM dimers and trimers with a higher oxygen-to‑carbon (O/C) ratio through a autoxidation chain. We also demonstrated that the presence of NOx and HO2 radical will reduce the RO2 concentration, but cannot completely inhibit the formation of HOM monomers and ROOR´. Even if one or both of RO2 radicals are acyl peroxy radicals (RC(O)O2), the potential barriers of the reactions between RC(O)O2 and α-pinene (RC(O)O2 + α-pinene reactions) are lower than that of RO2 reacting with RC(O)O2 (RO2 + RC(O)O2 reactions) or RC(O)O2 self-reactions (RC(O)O2 + RC(O)O2 reactions). The current work revealed, for the first time, a mechanism of RO2/RC(O)O2 reacting with α-pinene in the atmosphere, which provides new insight into the atmospheric chemistry of accretion products as SOA precursors.
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- Xiangli Shi
- College of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, PR China
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- College of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, PR China
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- College of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, PR China
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- College of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, PR China
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, PR China
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- College of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, PR China.
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- College of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, PR China
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Shen H, Vereecken L, Kang S, Pullinen I, Fuchs H, Zhao D, Mentel TF. Unexpected significance of a minor reaction pathway in daytime formation of biogenic highly oxygenated organic compounds. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eabp8702. [PMID: 36269820 PMCID: PMC9586481 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abp8702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Secondary organic aerosol (SOA), formed by oxidation of volatile organic compounds, substantially influence air quality and climate. Highly oxygenated organic molecules (HOMs), particularly those formed from biogenic monoterpenes, contribute a large fraction of SOA. During daytime, hydroxyl radicals initiate monoterpene oxidation, mainly by hydroxyl addition to monoterpene double bonds. Naturally, related HOM formation mechanisms should be induced by that reaction route, too. However, for α-pinene, the most abundant atmospheric monoterpene, we find a previously unidentified competitive pathway under atmospherically relevant conditions: HOM formation is predominately induced via hydrogen abstraction by hydroxyl radicals, a generally minor reaction pathway. We show by observations and theoretical calculations that hydrogen abstraction followed by formation and rearrangement of alkoxy radicals is a prerequisite for fast daytime HOM formation. Our analysis provides an accurate mechanism and yield, demonstrating that minor reaction pathways can become major, here for SOA formation and growth and related impacts on air quality and climate.
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- Hongru Shen
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences & Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-8: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-8: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-8: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-8: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, 50932 Köln, Germany
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- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences & Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
- Institute of Eco-Chongming (IEC), 20 Cuiniao Rd., Chongming, Shanghai 202162, China
- IRDR ICoE on Risk Interconnectivity and Governance on Weather/Climate Extremes Impact and Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-8: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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Day DA, Fry JL, Kang HG, Krechmer JE, Ayres BR, Keehan NI, Thompson SL, Hu W, Campuzano-Jost P, Schroder JC, Stark H, DeVault MP, Ziemann PJ, Zarzana KJ, Wild RJ, Dubè WP, Brown SS, Jimenez JL. Secondary Organic Aerosol Mass Yields from NO 3 Oxidation of α-Pinene and Δ-Carene: Effect of RO 2 Radical Fate. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:7309-7330. [PMID: 36170568 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c04419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Dark chamber experiments were conducted to study the SOA formed from the oxidation of α-pinene and Δ-carene under different peroxy radical (RO2) fate regimes: RO2 + NO3, RO2 + RO2, and RO2 + HO2. SOA mass yields from α-pinene oxidation were <1 to ∼25% and strongly dependent on available OA mass up to ∼100 μg m-3. The strong yield dependence of α-pinene oxidation is driven by absorptive partitioning to OA and not by available surface area for condensation. Yields from Δ-carene + NO3 were consistently higher, ranging from ∼10-50% with some dependence on OA for <25 μg m-3. Explicit kinetic modeling including vapor wall losses was conducted to enable comparisons across VOC precursors and RO2 fate regimes and to determine atmospherically relevant yields. Furthermore, SOA yields were similar for each monoterpene across the nominal RO2 + NO3, RO2 + RO2, or RO2 + HO2 regimes; thus, the volatility basis sets (VBS) constructed were independent of the chemical regime. Elemental O/C ratios of ∼0.4-0.6 and nitrate/organic mass ratios of ∼0.15 were observed in the particle phase for both monoterpenes in all regimes, using aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS) measurements. An empirical relationship for estimating particle density using AMS-derived elemental ratios, previously reported in the literature for non-nitrate containing OA, was successfully adapted to organic nitrate-rich SOA. Observations from an NO3- chemical ionization mass spectrometer (NO3-CIMS) suggest that Δ-carene more readily forms low-volatility gas-phase highly oxygenated molecules (HOMs) than α-pinene, which primarily forms volatile and semivolatile species, when reacted with NO3, regardless of RO2 regime. The similar Δ-carene SOA yields across regimes, high O/C ratios, and presence of HOMs, suggest that unimolecular and multistep processes such as alkoxy radical isomerization and decomposition may play a role in the formation of SOA from Δ-carene + NO3. The scarcity of peroxide functional groups (on average, 14% of C10 groups carried a peroxide functional group in one test experiment in the RO2 + RO2 regime) appears to rule out a major role for autoxidation and organic peroxide (ROOH, ROOR) formation. The consistently substantially lower SOA yields observed for α-pinene + NO3 suggest such pathways are less available for this precursor. The marked and robust regime-independent difference in SOA yield from two different precursor monoterpenes suggests that in order to accurately model SOA production in forested regions the chemical mechanism must feature some distinction among different monoterpenes.
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- Douglas A Day
- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States.,Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Reed College, Portland, Oregon 97202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States.,Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States.,Department of Chemistry, Reed College, Portland, Oregon 97202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States.,Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Reed College, Portland, Oregon 97202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Reed College, Portland, Oregon 97202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States.,Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States.,Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States.,Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States.,Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States.,Aerodyne Research Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts 01821, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States.,Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States.,Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States.,Chemical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado 80305, United States
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States.,Chemical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado 80305, United States
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States.,Chemical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado 80305, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States.,Chemical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado 80305, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States.,Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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Swift SJ, Smith D, Dryahina K, Gnioua MO, Španěl P. Kinetics of reactions of NH 4 + with some biogenic organic molecules and monoterpenes in helium and nitrogen carrier gases: A potential reagent ion for selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2022; 36:e9328. [PMID: 35603529 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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RATIONALE To assess the suitability of NH4 + as a reagent ion for trace gas analysis by selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry, SIFT-MS, its ion chemistry must be understood. Thus, rate coefficients and product ions for its reactions with typical biogenic molecules and monoterpenes need to be experimentally determined in both helium, He, and nitrogen, N2 , carrier gases. METHODS NH4 + and H3 O+ were generated in a microwave gas discharge through an NH3 and H2 O vapour mixture and, after m/z selection, injected into He and N2 carrier gas. Using the conventional SIFT method, NH4 + reactions were then studied with M, the biogenic molecules acetone, 1-propanol, 2-butenal, trans-2-heptenal, heptanal, 2-heptanone, 2,3-heptanedione and 15 monoterpene isomers to obtain rate coefficients, k, and product ion branching ratios. Polarisabilities and dipole moments of the reactant molecules and the enthalpy changes in proton transfer reactions were calculated using density functional theory. RESULTS The k values for the reactions of the biogenic molecules were invariably faster in N2 than in He but similar in both bath gases for the monoterpenes. Adducts NH4 + M were the dominant product ions in He and N2 for the biogenic molecules, whereas both MH+ and NH4 + M product ions were observed in the monoterpene reactions; the monoterpene ratio correlating (R2 = 0.7) with the proton affinity, PA, of the monoterpene molecule as calculated. The data indicate that this adduct ion formation is the result of bimolecular rather than termolecular association. CONCLUSIONS NH4 + can be a useful reagent ion for SIFT-MS analyses of molecules with PA(M) < PA(NH3 ) when the dominant single product ion is the adduct NH4 + M. For molecules with PA(M) > PA(NH3 ), such as monoterpenes, both MH+ and NH4 + M ions are likely products, which must be determined along with k by experiment.
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- Stefan James Swift
- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague 8, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague 8, Czech Republic
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Assali M, Fittschen C. Self-Reaction of Acetonyl Peroxy Radicals and Their Reaction with Cl Atoms. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:4585-4597. [PMID: 35793477 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c02602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The rate constant for the self-reaction of the acetonyl peroxy radicals, CH3C(O)CH2O2, has been determined using laser photolysis/continuous wave cavity ring down spectroscopy (cw-CRDS). CH3C(O)CH2O2 radicals have been generated from the reaction of Cl atoms with CH3C(O)CH3, and the concentration time profiles of four radicals (HO2, CH3O2, CH3C(O)O2, and CH3C(O)CH2O2) have been determined by cw-CRDS in the near-infrared. The rate constant for the self-reaction was found to be k = (5.4 ± 1.4) × 10-12 cm3 s-1, in good agreement with a recently published value (Zuraski, K., et al. J. Phys. Chem. A 2020, 124, 8128); however, the branching ratio for the radical path was found to be ϕ1b = (0.6 ± 0.1), which is well above the recently published value (0.33 ± 0.13). The influence of a fast reaction of Cl atoms with the CH3C(O)CH2O2 radical became evident under some conditions; therefore, this reaction has been investigated in separate experiments. Through the simultaneous fitting of all four radical profiles to a complex mechanism, a very fast rate constant of k = (1.35 ± 0.8) × 10-10 cm3 s-1 was found, and experimental results could be reproduced only if Cl atoms would partially react through H-atom abstraction to form the Criegee intermediate with a branching fraction of ϕCriegee = (0.55 ± 0.1). Modeling the HO2 concentration-time profiles was possible only if a subsequent reaction of the Criegee intermediate with CH3C(O)CH3 was included in the mechanism leading to HO2 formation with a rate constant of k = (4.5 ± 2.0) × 10-14 cm3 s-1.
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- Mohamed Assali
- Université Lille, CNRS, UMR 8522 - PC2A - Physicochimie des Processus de Combustion et de l'Atmosphère, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Université Lille, CNRS, UMR 8522 - PC2A - Physicochimie des Processus de Combustion et de l'Atmosphère, F-59000 Lille, France
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Chen L, Huang Y, Xue Y, Jia Z, Wang W. Kinetic and Mechanistic Investigations of OH-Initiated Atmospheric Degradation of Methyl Butyl Ketone. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:2976-2988. [PMID: 35536543 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c01126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Methyl butyl ketone (MBK, 2-hexanone) is a common atmospheric oxygenated volatile organic compound (OVOC) owing to broad industrial applications, but its atmospheric oxidation mechanism remains poorly understood. Herein, the detailed mechanisms and kinetic properties of MBK oxidation initiated by OH radicals and subsequent transformation of the resulting intermediates are performed by employing quantum chemical and kinetic modeling methods. The calculations show that H-abstraction at the C4 position of MBK is more favorable than those at the other positions, with the total rate coefficient of k(T) = 4.13 × 10-14 exp(1576/T) cm3 molecule-1 s-1 at 273-400 K. The dominant pathway of unimolecular degradation of the C-centered alkyl radical is 1,2-acyl group migration. For the isomerization of the peroxy radical RO2, 1,5- and 1,6-H shifts are more favorable than 1,3- and 1,4-H shifts. The multiconformer rate coefficient kMC-TST of the first H-shift of the RO2 radical is estimated to be 1.40 × 10-3 s-1 at room temperature. Compared to the H-shifts of analogous aliphatic RO2 radicals, it can be concluded that the carbonyl group enhances the H-shift rates by as much as 2-4 orders of magnitude. The rate coefficients of the RO2 radical reaction with the HO2 radical exhibit a weakly negative temperature dependence, and the pseudo-first-order rate constant k'HO2 = kHO2[HO2] is calculated to be 3.32-22.10 × 10-3 s-1 at ambient temperature. The bimolecular reaction of the RO2 radical with NO leads to the formation of 3-oxo-butanal as the main product with the formation concentration of 2.2-7.4 μg/m3 in urban areas. The predicted pseudo-first-order rate constant k'NO = kNO[NO] is 2.20-9.98 s-1 at room temperature. By comparing the kMC-TST, k'HO2, and k'NO, it can be concluded that reaction with NO is the dominant removal pathway for the RO2 radical formed from the OH-initiated oxidation of MBK. These findings are expected to deepen our understanding of the photochemical oxidation of ketones under realistic atmospheric conditions.
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- Long Chen
- State Key Lab of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG), Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Xi'an 710061, China.,CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Xi'an 710061, China
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- State Key Lab of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG), Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Xi'an 710061, China.,CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Xi'an 710061, China
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- State Key Lab of Loess and Quaternary Geology (SKLLQG), Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Xi'an 710061, China.,CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Xi'an 710061, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710119, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710119, China
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Daub CD, Zakai I, Valiev R, Salo VT, Gerber RB, Kurtén T. Energy transfer, pre-reactive complex formation and recombination reactions during the collision of peroxy radicals. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:10033-10043. [PMID: 35415732 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp04720e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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In this paper we study collisions between polyatomic radicals - an important process in fields ranging from biology to combustion. Energy transfer, formation of intermediate complexes and recombination reactions are treated, with applications to peroxy radicals in atmospheric chemistry. Multi-reference perturbation theory, supplemented by coupled-cluster calculations, describes the potential energy surfaces with high accuracy, including the interaction of singlet and triplet spin states during radical recombination. Our multi-reference molecular dynamics (MD) trajectories on methyl peroxy radicals confirm the reaction mechanism postulated in earlier studies. Specifically, they show that if suitable pre-reactive complexes are formed, they will rapidly lead to the formation and subsequent decomposition of tetroxide intermediates. However, generating multi-reference MD trajectories is exceedingly computationally demanding, and we cannot adequately sample the whole conformational space. To answer this challenge, we promote the use of a novel simplified semi-empirical MD methodology. It assumes the collision is governed by two states, a singlet (S0) and a triplet (T1) state. The method predicts differences between collisions on S0 and T1 surfaces, and qualitatively includes not only pre-reactive complex formation, but also recombination processes such as tetroxide formation. Finally, classical MD simulations using force-fields for non-reactive collisions are employed to generate thousands of collision trajectories, to verify that the semi-empirical method is sampling collisions adequately, and to carry out preliminary investigations of larger systems. For systems with low activation energies, the experimental rate coefficient is surprisingly well reproduced by simply multiplying the gas-kinetic collision rate by the simulated probability for long-lived complex formation.
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- Department of Chemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, Helsinki 00014, Finland.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, Helsinki 00014, Finland.
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- Department of Chemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. .,Department of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, Helsinki 00014, Finland.
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Synthesis and Characterization of Atmospherically Relevant Hydroxy Hydroperoxides. ATMOSPHERE 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/atmos13040507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Hydroxy hydroperoxides are formed upon OH oxidation of volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere and may contribute to secondary organic aerosol growth and aqueous phase chemistry after phase transfer to particles. Although the detection methods for oxidized volatile organic compounds improved much over the past decades, the limited availability of synthetic standards for atmospherically relevant hydroxy hydroperoxides prevented comprehensive investigations for the most part. Here, we present a straightforward improved synthetic access to isoprene-derived hydroxy hydroperoxides, i.e., 1,2-ISOPOOH and 4,3-ISOPOOH. Furthermore, we present the first successful synthesis of an α-pinene derived hydroxy hydroperoxide. All products were identified by 1H, 13C NMR spectroscopy for structure elucidation, additional 2D NMR experiments were performed. Furthermore, gas-phase FTIR- and UV/VIS spectra are presented for the first time. Using the measured absorption cross section, the atmospheric photolysis rate of up to 2.1 × 10−3 s−1 was calculated for 1,2-ISOPOOH. Moreover, we present the investigation of synthesized hydroxy hydroperoxides in an aerosol chamber study by online MS techniques, namely PTR-ToFMS and (NO3−)-CI-APi-ToFMS. Fragmentation patterns recorded during these investigations are presented as well. For the (NO3−)-CI-APi-ToFMS, a calibration factor for 1,2-ISOPOOH was calculated as 4.44 × 10−5 ncps·ppbv−1 and a LOD (3σ, 1 min average) = 0.70 ppbv.
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Hanson DR, Sawyer A, Long D, Sofio D, Kunz J, Wentzel M. Particle Formation from Photooxidation of αpinene, Limonene, and Myrcene. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:910-923. [PMID: 35133838 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c08427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
We present measurements of the effect of first-generation secondary organic aerosol (SOA) material on the growth of ∼10 nanometer diameter seed particles composed of sulfuric acid and water. Experiments were performed in an atmospheric pressure, vertically aligned flow reactor where OH was produced from HONO photolysis in the presence of either SO2 or a monoterpene. For typical conditions, organic compounds at ∼300 ppbv are exposed to photooxidation for a time of ∼80 s at a [OH] of about 6 × 106 cm-3: thus, oxidation products have minimal OH exposure. The measured size changes of the sulfuric acid seed particles can then be attributed to the uptake of first-generation products. Along with descriptions of the apparatus and the procedure, the analysis to obtain SOA yields by comparing them to growth with H2SO4(g) is detailed. Results from photooxidation experiments of αpinene, limonene, and myrcene give SOA yields of 0.040, 0.084, and 0.16, respectively. These SOA yields roughly double with each addition of a double bond to the compound. The αpinene and limonene results are in accord with the results of many previous SOA experiments, while the myrcene SOA yield stands alone. Photooxidation of myrcene also led to significant nucleation, and the species responsible is comparable to H2SO4 at a 35% relative humidity in its nucleation capability.
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- David R Hanson
- Department of Chemistry, Augsburg University, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Augsburg University, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Augsburg University, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Augsburg University, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Augsburg University, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Augsburg University, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, United States
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Peng W, Le C, Porter WC, Cocker DR. Variability in Aromatic Aerosol Yields under Very Low NO x Conditions at Different HO 2/RO 2 Regimes. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:750-760. [PMID: 34978436 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c04392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Current chemical transport models generally use a constant secondary organic aerosol (SOA) yield to represent SOA formation from aromatic compounds under low NOx conditions. However, a wide range of SOA yields (10 to 42%) from m-xylene under low NOx conditions is observed in this study. The chamber HO2/RO2 ratio is identified as a key factor explaining SOA yield variability: higher SOA yields are observed for runs with a higher HO2/RO2 ratio. The RO2 + RO2 pathway, which can be increasingly significant under low NOx and HO2/RO2 conditions, shows a lower SOA-forming potential compared to the RO2 + HO2 pathway. While the traditional low-NOx chamber experiments are commonly used to represent the RO2 + HO2 pathway, this study finds that the impacts of the RO2 + RO2 pathway cannot be ignored under certain conditions. We provide guidance on how to best control for these two pathways in conducting chamber experiments to best obtain SOA yield curves and quantify the contributions from each pathway. On the global scale, the chemical transport model GEOS-Chem is used to identify regions characterized by lower surface HO2/RO2 ratios, suggesting that the RO2 + RO2 pathway is more likely to prove significant to overall SOA yields in those regions. Current models generally do not consider the RO2 + RO2 impacts on aromatic SOA formation, but preliminary sensitivity tests with updated SOA yield parameters based on such a pathway suggest that without this consideration, some types of SOA may be overestimated in regions with lower HO2/RO2 ratios.
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- Weihan Peng
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Bourns College of Engineering, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92507, United States
- Bourns College of Engineering, Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT), University of California, Riverside, 1084 Columbia Avenue, Riverside, California 92507, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Bourns College of Engineering, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92507, United States
- Bourns College of Engineering, Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT), University of California, Riverside, 1084 Columbia Avenue, Riverside, California 92507, United States
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Bourns College of Engineering, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92507, United States
- Bourns College of Engineering, Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT), University of California, Riverside, 1084 Columbia Avenue, Riverside, California 92507, United States
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Barber VP, Kroll JH. Chemistry of Functionalized Reactive Organic Intermediates in the Earth's Atmosphere: Impact, Challenges, and Progress. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:10264-10279. [PMID: 34846877 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c08221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The gas-phase oxidation of organic compounds is an important chemical process in the Earth's atmosphere. It governs oxidant levels and controls the production of key secondary pollutants, and hence has major implications for air quality and climate. Organic oxidation is largely controlled by the chemistry of a few reactive intermediates, namely, alkyl (R) radicals, alkoxy (RO) radicals, peroxy (RO2) radicals, and carbonyl oxides (R1R2COO), which may undergo a number of unimolecular and bimolecular reactions. Our understanding of these intermediates, and the reaction pathways available to them, is based largely on studies of unfunctionalized intermediates, formed in the first steps of hydrocarbon oxidation. However, it has become increasingly clear that intermediates with functional groups, which are generally formed later in the oxidation process, can exhibit fundamentally different reactivity than unfunctionalized ones. In this Perspective, we explore the unique chemistry available to functionalized organic intermediates in the Earth's atmosphere. After a brief review of the canonical chemistry available to unfunctionalized intermediates, we discuss how the addition of functional groups can introduce new reactions, either by changing the energetics or kinetics of a given reaction or by opening up new chemical pathways. We then provide examples of atmospheric reaction classes that are available only to functionalized intermediates. Some of these, such as unimolecular H-shift reactions of RO2 radicals, have been elucidated only relatively recently, and can have important impacts on atmospheric chemistry (e.g., on radical cycling or organic aerosol formation); it seems likely that other, as-yet undiscovered reactions of (multi)functional intermediates may also exist. We discuss the challenges associated with the study of the chemistry of such intermediates and review novel experimental and theoretical approaches that have recently provided (or hold promise for providing) new insights into their atmospheric chemistry. The continued use and development of such techniques and the close collaboration between experimentalists and theoreticians are necessary for a complete, detailed understanding of the chemistry of functionalized intermediates and their impact on major atmospheric chemical processes.
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- Victoria P Barber
- Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Goldman MJ, Green WH, Kroll JH. Chemistry of Simple Organic Peroxy Radicals under Atmospheric through Combustion Conditions: Role of Temperature, Pressure, and NO x Level. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:10303-10314. [PMID: 34843244 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c07203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Organic peroxy radicals (RO2) are key intermediates in the oxidation of organic compounds in both combustion systems and the atmosphere. While many studies have focused on reactions of RO2 in specific applications, spanning a relatively limited range of reaction conditions, the generalized behavior of RO2 radicals across the full range of reaction conditions (temperatures, pressures, and NO levels) has, to our knowledge, never been explored. In this work, two simple model systems, n-propyl peroxy radical and γ-isobutanol peroxy radical, are used to evaluate RO2 fate using pressure-dependent kinetics. The fate of these radicals was modeled based on literature data over 250-1250 K, 0.01-100 bar, and 1 ppt to 100 ppm of NO, which spans the typical range of atmospheric and combustion conditions. Covering this entire range provides a broad overview of the reactivity of these species under both atmospheric and combustion conditions, as well as under conditions intermediate to the two. A particular focus is on the importance of reactions that were traditionally considered to occur in only one of the two sets of conditions: RO2 unimolecular isomerization reactions (long known to occur in combustion systems but only recently appreciated in atmospheric systems) and RO2 bimolecular reactions of RO2 with NO (thought to occur mainly in atmospheric systems and rarely considered in combustion chemistry).
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- Mark Jacob Goldman
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.,Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Shen H, Zhao D, Pullinen I, Kang S, Vereecken L, Fuchs H, Acir IH, Tillmann R, Rohrer F, Wildt J, Kiendler-Scharr A, Wahner A, Mentel TF. Highly Oxygenated Organic Nitrates Formed from NO 3 Radical-Initiated Oxidation of β-Pinene. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021; 55:15658-15671. [PMID: 34807606 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c03978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The reactions of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOC) with the nitrate radicals (NO3) are major night-time sources of organic nitrates and secondary organic aerosols (SOA) in regions influenced by BVOC and anthropogenic emissions. In this study, the formation of gas-phase highly oxygenated organic molecules-organic nitrates (HOM-ON) from NO3-initiated oxidation of a representative monoterpene, β-pinene, was investigated in the SAPHIR chamber (Simulation of Atmosphere PHotochemistry In a large Reaction chamber). Six monomer (C = 7-10, N = 1-2, O = 6-16) and five accretion product (C = 17-20, N = 2-4, O = 9-22) families were identified and further classified into first- or second-generation products based on their temporal behavior. The time lag observed in the peak concentrations between peroxy radicals containing odd and even number of oxygen atoms, as well as between radicals and their corresponding termination products, provided constraints on the HOM-ON formation mechanism. The HOM-ON formation can be explained by unimolecular or bimolecular reactions of peroxy radicals. A dominant portion of carbonylnitrates in HOM-ON was detected, highlighting the significance of unimolecular termination reactions by intramolecular H-shift for the formation of HOM-ON. A mean molar yield of HOM-ON was estimated to be 4.8% (-2.6%/+5.6%), suggesting significant HOM-ON contributions to the SOA formation.
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- Hongru Shen
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences & Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences & Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
- Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-8: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich 52425, Germany
- Big Data Institute for Carbon Emission and Environmental Pollution, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
- Institute of Eco-Chongming (IEC), 20 Cuiniao Road, Chenjia Zhen, Chongming, Shanghai 202162, China
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- Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-8: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich 52425, Germany
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- Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-8: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich 52425, Germany
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- Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-8: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich 52425, Germany
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- Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-8: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich 52425, Germany
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- Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-8: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich 52425, Germany
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- Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-8: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich 52425, Germany
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- Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-8: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich 52425, Germany
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- Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-8: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich 52425, Germany
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- Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-8: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich 52425, Germany
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- Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-8: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich 52425, Germany
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- Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-8: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich 52425, Germany
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Chen J, Berndt T, Møller KH, Lane JR, Kjaergaard HG. Atmospheric Fate of the CH 3SOO Radical from the CH 3S + O 2 Equilibrium. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:8933-8941. [PMID: 34601880 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c06900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The atmospheric oxidation mechanisms of reduced sulfur compounds are of great importance in the biogeochemical sulfur cycle. The CH3S radical represents an important intermediate in these oxidation processes. Under atmospheric conditions, CH3S will predominantly react with O2 to form the peroxy radical CH3SOO. The formed CH3SOO has two competing unimolecular reaction pathways: isomerization to CH3SO2, which further decomposes into CH3 and SO2, or a hydrogen shift followed by HO2 loss, leading to CH2S. Previous theoretical calculations have suggested that CH2S formation should be the dominant pathway, in disagreement with existing experimental results. Our large active space multireference configuration interaction calculations agree with the experimental results that the formation of CH3 and SO2 is the dominant route and the formation of CH2S and HO2 can, at most, be a minor pathway. We support the calculations with new experiments starting from the OH + CH3SH reaction for CH3S formation under low NOx conditions and find a SO2 yield of 0.86 ± 0.18 within our reaction time of 7.9 s. Model simulations of our experiments show that the SO2 yield converges to 0.98. This combined theoretical and experimental study thus furthers the understanding of the general oxidation mechanisms of sulfur compounds in the atmosphere.
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- Jing Chen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Permoserstraße. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- School of Science, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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Surdu M, Pospisilova V, Xiao M, Wang M, Mentler B, Simon M, Stolzenburg D, Hoyle CR, Bell DM, Lee CP, Lamkaddam H, Lopez-Hilfiker F, Ahonen LR, Amorim A, Baccarini A, Chen D, Dada L, Duplissy J, Finkenzeller H, He XC, Hofbauer V, Kim C, Kürten A, Kvashnin A, Lehtipalo K, Makhmutov V, Molteni U, Nie W, Onnela A, Petäjä T, Quéléver LLJ, Tauber C, Tomé A, Wagner R, Yan C, Prevot ASH, Dommen J, Donahue NM, Hansel A, Curtius J, Winkler PM, Kulmala M, Volkamer R, Flagan RC, Kirkby J, Worsnop DR, Slowik JG, Wang DS, Baltensperger U, El Haddad I. Molecular characterization of ultrafine particles using extractive electrospray time-of-flight mass spectrometry. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 1:434-448. [PMID: 34604755 PMCID: PMC8459645 DOI: 10.1039/d1ea00050k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Aerosol particles negatively affect human health while also having climatic relevance due to, for example, their ability to act as cloud condensation nuclei. Ultrafine particles (diameter Dp < 100 nm) typically comprise the largest fraction of the total number concentration, however, their chemical characterization is difficult because of their low mass. Using an extractive electrospray time-of-flight mass spectrometer (EESI-TOF), we characterize the molecular composition of freshly nucleated particles from naphthalene and β-caryophyllene oxidation products at the CLOUD chamber at CERN. We perform a detailed intercomparison of the organic aerosol chemical composition measured by the EESI-TOF and an iodide adduct chemical ionization mass spectrometer equipped with a filter inlet for gases and aerosols (FIGAERO-I-CIMS). We also use an aerosol growth model based on the condensation of organic vapors to show that the chemical composition measured by the EESI-TOF is consistent with the expected condensed oxidation products. This agreement could be further improved by constraining the EESI-TOF compound-specific sensitivity or considering condensed-phase processes. Our results show that the EESI-TOF can obtain the chemical composition of particles as small as 20 nm in diameter with mass loadings as low as hundreds of ng m−3 in real time. This was until now difficult to achieve, as other online instruments are often limited by size cutoffs, ionization/thermal fragmentation and/or semi-continuous sampling. Using real-time simultaneous gas- and particle-phase data, we discuss the condensation of naphthalene oxidation products on a molecular level. Using real-time simultaneous gas- and particle-phase data, the condensation of naphthalene and β-caryophyllene oxidation products on a molecular level is discussed.![]()
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- Mihnea Surdu
- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute 5232 Villigen Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute 5232 Villigen Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute 5232 Villigen Switzerland
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- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University 15213 Pittsburgh PA USA
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- Institute of Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of Innsbruck 6020 Innsbruck Austria
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt 60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna 1090 Vienna Austria.,Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute 5232 Villigen Switzerland .,Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich 8006 Zurich Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute 5232 Villigen Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute 5232 Villigen Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute 5232 Villigen Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute 5232 Villigen Switzerland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland
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- CENTRA, FCUL, University of Lisbon 1749-016 Lisbon Portugal
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute 5232 Villigen Switzerland .,School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University 15213 Pittsburgh PA USA
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute 5232 Villigen Switzerland .,Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland.,Helsinki Institute of Physics, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder 80309 Boulder CO USA
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland
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- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University 15213 Pittsburgh PA USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 210-41 Pasadena CA 91125 USA.,School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University Busan 46241 Republic of Korea
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt 60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Solar and Cosmic Ray Physics 119991 Moscow Russia
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland.,Finnish Meteorological Institute 00560 Helsinki Finland
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- P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Solar and Cosmic Ray Physics 119991 Moscow Russia
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute 5232 Villigen Switzerland
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University Nanjing China
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland
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- IDL-Universidade da Beira Interior 6201-001 Covilhã Portugal
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute 5232 Villigen Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute 5232 Villigen Switzerland
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- Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University 15213 Pittsburgh PA USA
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- Institute of Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of Innsbruck 6020 Innsbruck Austria
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt 60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna 1090 Vienna Austria
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland.,Helsinki Institute of Physics, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder 80309 Boulder CO USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 210-41 Pasadena CA 91125 USA
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt 60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany.,CERN 1211 Geneva Switzerland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR)/Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki 00014 Helsinki Finland.,Aerodyne Research 01821 Billerica MA USA
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute 5232 Villigen Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute 5232 Villigen Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute 5232 Villigen Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute 5232 Villigen Switzerland
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Barber VP, Green WH, Kroll JH. Screening for New Pathways in Atmospheric Oxidation Chemistry with Automated Mechanism Generation. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:6772-6788. [PMID: 34346695 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c04297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In the Earth's atmosphere, reactive organic carbon undergoes oxidation via a highly complex, multigeneration process, with implications for air quality and climate. Decades of experimental and theoretical studies, primarily on the reactions of hydrocarbons, have led to a canonical understanding of how gas-phase oxidation of organic compounds takes place. Recent research has brought to light a number of examples where the presence of certain functional groups opens up reaction pathways for key radical intermediates, including alkyl radicals, alkoxy radicals, and peroxy radicals, that are substantially different from traditional oxidation mechanisms. These discoveries highlight the need for methods that systematically explore the chemistry of complex, functionalized molecules without being prohibitively expensive. In this work, automated reaction network generation is used as a screening tool for new pathways in atmospheric oxidation chemistry. The reaction mechanism generator (RMG) is used to generate reaction networks for the OH-initiated oxidation of 200 mono- and bifunctionally substituted n-pentanes. The resulting networks are then filtered to highlight the reactions of key radical intermediates that are fast enough to compete with traditional atmospheric removal processes as well as "uncanonical" processes which differ from traditionally accepted oxidation mechanisms. Several recently reported, uncanonical atmospheric mechanisms appear in the RMG dataset. These "proof of concept" results provide confidence in this approach as a tool in the search for overlooked atmospheric oxidation chemistry. Several previously unreported reaction types are also encountered in the dataset. The most potentially atmospherically important of these is a radical-carbonyl ring-closure reaction that produces a highly functionalized cyclic alkoxy radical. This pathway is proposed as a promising target for further study via experiments and more detailed theoretical calculations. The approach presented herein represents a new way to efficiently explore atmospheric chemical space and unearth overlooked reaction steps in atmospheric oxidation.
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- Victoria P Barber
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.,Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Berndt T, Møller KH, Herrmann H, Kjaergaard HG. Trimethylamine Outruns Terpenes and Aromatics in Atmospheric Autoxidation. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:4454-4466. [PMID: 33978422 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c02465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Autoxidation in the atmosphere has been realized in the last decade as an important process that forms highly oxidized products relevant for the formation of secondary organic aerosol and likely with detrimental human health effects. It is experimentally shown that the OH radical-initiated oxidation of trimethylamine, the most highly emitted amine in the atmosphere, proceeds via rapid autoxidation steps dominating its atmospheric oxidation process. All three methyl groups are functionalized within a timescale of 10 s following the reaction with OH radicals leading to highly oxidized products. The exceptionally large density of functional groups in the oxidized products is expected to define their chemical properties. A detailed reaction mechanism based on theoretical calculations is able to describe the experimental findings. The comparison with results of the reinvestigated OH radical- and ozone-initiated autoxidation of a series of terpenes and aromatics reveals the trimethylamine process as the most efficient one discovered up to now for atmospheric conditions.
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- Torsten Berndt
- Atmospheric Chemistry Department (ACD), Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Permoserstraße 15, Leipzig 04318, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, Copenhagen Ø DK-2100, Denmark
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- Atmospheric Chemistry Department (ACD), Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Permoserstraße 15, Leipzig 04318, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, Copenhagen Ø DK-2100, Denmark
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He Q, Tomaz S, Li C, Zhu M, Meidan D, Riva M, Laskin A, Brown SS, George C, Wang X, Rudich Y. Optical Properties of Secondary Organic Aerosol Produced by Nitrate Radical Oxidation of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021; 55:2878-2889. [PMID: 33596062 PMCID: PMC8023652 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c06838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2020] [Revised: 12/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Nighttime oxidation of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) by nitrate radicals (NO3·) represents one of the most important interactions between anthropogenic and natural emissions, leading to substantial secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation. The direct climatic effect of such SOA cannot be quantified because its optical properties and atmospheric fate are poorly understood. In this study, we generated SOA from the NO3· oxidation of a series BVOCs including isoprene, monoterpenes, and sesquiterpenes. The SOA were subjected to comprehensive online and offline chemical composition analysis using high-resolution mass spectrometry and optical properties measurements using a novel broadband (315-650 nm) cavity-enhanced spectrometer, which covers the wavelength range needed to understand the potential contribution of the SOA to direct radiative forcing. The SOA contained a significant fraction of oxygenated organic nitrates (ONs), consisting of monomers and oligomers that are responsible for the detected light absorption in the 315-400 nm range. The SOA created from β-pinene and α-humulene was further photochemically aged in an oxidation flow reactor. The SOA has an atmospheric photochemical bleaching lifetime of >6.2 h, indicating that some of the ONs in the SOA may serve as atmosphere-stable nitrogen oxide sinks or reservoirs and will absorb and scatter incoming solar radiation during the daytime.
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- Quanfu He
- Department
of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann
Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Univ
Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, F-69626 Villeurbanne, France
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- Department
of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann
Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- State
Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory
of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
- University
of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department
of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann
Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Univ
Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, F-69626 Villeurbanne, France
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- Department
of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Colorado, 216 UCB, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Univ
Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, F-69626 Villeurbanne, France
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- State
Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry and Guangdong Key Laboratory
of Environmental Protection and Resources Utilization, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
- University
of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Center
for Excellence in Urban Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Urban
Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
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- Department
of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann
Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Wang Z, Ehn M, Rissanen MP, Garmash O, Quéléver L, Xing L, Monge-Palacios M, Rantala P, Donahue NM, Berndt T, Sarathy SM. Efficient alkane oxidation under combustion engine and atmospheric conditions. Commun Chem 2021; 4:18. [PMID: 36697513 PMCID: PMC9814728 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-020-00445-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Oxidation chemistry controls both combustion processes and the atmospheric transformation of volatile emissions. In combustion engines, radical species undergo isomerization reactions that allow fast addition of O2. This chain reaction, termed autoxidation, is enabled by high engine temperatures, but has recently been also identified as an important source for highly oxygenated species in the atmosphere, forming organic aerosol. Conventional knowledge suggests that atmospheric autoxidation requires suitable structural features, like double bonds or oxygen-containing moieties, in the precursors. With neither of these functionalities, alkanes, the primary fuel type in combustion engines and an important class of urban trace gases, are thought to have minor susceptibility to extensive autoxidation. Here, utilizing state-of-the-art mass spectrometry, measuring both radicals and oxidation products, we show that alkanes undergo autoxidation much more efficiently than previously thought, both under atmospheric and combustion conditions. Even at high concentrations of NOX, which typically rapidly terminates autoxidation in urban areas, the studied C6-C10 alkanes produce considerable amounts of highly oxygenated products that can contribute to urban organic aerosol. The results of this inter-disciplinary effort provide crucial information on oxidation processes in both combustion engines and the atmosphere, with direct implications for engine efficiency and urban air quality.
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- Zhandong Wang
- grid.59053.3a0000000121679639National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029 P. R. China ,grid.59053.3a0000000121679639State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026 PR China ,grid.45672.320000 0001 1926 5090King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC), Thuwal, 23955-6900 Saudi Arabia
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- grid.7737.40000 0004 0410 2071Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014 Finland
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- grid.7737.40000 0004 0410 2071Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014 Finland ,grid.502801.e0000 0001 2314 6254Aerosol Physics Laboratory, Physics Unit, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University, 33720 Tampere, Finland
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- grid.7737.40000 0004 0410 2071Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014 Finland
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- grid.7737.40000 0004 0410 2071Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014 Finland
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- grid.453074.10000 0000 9797 0900Energy and Power Engineering Institute, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471003 China
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- grid.45672.320000 0001 1926 5090King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC), Thuwal, 23955-6900 Saudi Arabia
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- grid.7737.40000 0004 0410 2071Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014 Finland
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- grid.147455.60000 0001 2097 0344Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, and Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
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- grid.424885.70000 0000 8720 1454Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Atmospheric Chemistry Dept. (ACD), 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- grid.45672.320000 0001 1926 5090King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC), Thuwal, 23955-6900 Saudi Arabia
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Tomaz S, Wang D, Zabalegui N, Li D, Lamkaddam H, Bachmeier F, Vogel A, Monge ME, Perrier S, Baltensperger U, George C, Rissanen M, Ehn M, El Haddad I, Riva M. Structures and reactivity of peroxy radicals and dimeric products revealed by online tandem mass spectrometry. Nat Commun 2021; 12:300. [PMID: 33436593 PMCID: PMC7804243 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20532-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Organic peroxy radicals (RO2) play a pivotal role in the degradation of hydrocarbons. The autoxidation of atmospheric RO2 radicals produces highly oxygenated organic molecules (HOMs), including low-volatility ROOR dimers formed by bimolecular RO2 + RO2 reactions. HOMs can initiate and greatly contribute to the formation and growth of atmospheric particles. As a result, HOMs have far-reaching health and climate implications. Nevertheless, the structures and formation mechanism of RO2 radicals and HOMs remain elusive. Here, we present the in-situ characterization of RO2 and dimer structure in the gas-phase, using online tandem mass spectrometry analyses. In this study, we constrain the structures and formation pathway of several HOM-RO2 radicals and dimers produced from monoterpene ozonolysis, a prominent atmospheric oxidation process. In addition to providing insights into atmospheric HOM chemistry, this study debuts online tandem MS analyses as a unique approach for the chemical characterization of reactive compounds, e.g., organic radicals. Organic peroxy radicals play a pivotal role in producing highly oxygenated organic molecules but the formation mechanisms remain elusive. Here, the authors show in-situ characterization of peroxy radicals and dimer structures in the gas-phase, using online tandem mass spectrometry analyses.
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- Sophie Tomaz
- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, 69626, Villeurbanne, France
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232, Villigen, Switzerland
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencias (CIBION), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Godoy Cruz 2390, C1425FQD, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EGA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, 69626, Villeurbanne, France
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232, Villigen, Switzerland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Bionanociencias (CIBION), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Godoy Cruz 2390, C1425FQD, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, 69626, Villeurbanne, France
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232, Villigen, Switzerland
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, 69626, Villeurbanne, France
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, INAR /Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.,Aerosol Physics Laboratory, Physics Unit, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University, FI-33101, Tampere, Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, INAR /Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232, Villigen, Switzerland
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, IRCELYON, 69626, Villeurbanne, France.
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Chen J, Møller KH, Wennberg PO, Kjaergaard HG. Unimolecular Reactions Following Indoor and Outdoor Limonene Ozonolysis. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:669-680. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c09882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Jing Chen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, Copenhagen Ø DK-2100, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, Copenhagen Ø DK-2100, Denmark
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- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
- Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, Copenhagen Ø DK-2100, Denmark
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Berndt T, Chen J, Møller KH, Hyttinen N, Prisle NL, Tilgner A, Hoffmann EH, Herrmann H, Kjaergaard HG. SO 2 formation and peroxy radical isomerization in the atmospheric reaction of OH radicals with dimethyl disulfide. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:13634-13637. [PMID: 33063068 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc05783e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The atmospheric reaction of OH radicals with dimethyl disulfide, CH3SSCH3, proceeds primarily via OH addition forming CH3S and CH3SOH as reactive intermediates, and to a lesser extent via H-abstraction resulting in the peroxy radical CH3SSCH2OO in the presence of O2. The latter undergoes a fast two-step isomerization process leading to HOOCH2SSCHO. CH3S and CH3SOH are both converted to SO2 and CH3O2 with near unity yields under atmospheric conditions.
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- Torsten Berndt
- Atmospheric Chemistry Department (ACD), Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Permoserstraße. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Ø, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Ø, Denmark
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- Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Atmospheric Chemistry Department (ACD), Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Permoserstraße. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.
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- Atmospheric Chemistry Department (ACD), Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Permoserstraße. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.
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- Atmospheric Chemistry Department (ACD), Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Permoserstraße. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Ø, Denmark
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Jia L, Xu Y. The role of functional groups in the understanding of secondary organic aerosol formation mechanism from α-pinene. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 738:139831. [PMID: 32531597 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Revised: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The infrared spectra (IR) analysis in combination with electrospray ionization high-resolution orbitrap mass spectra (ESI-HRMS) can provide new insight into the overall structural feature and specific molecules of secondary organic aerosol (SOA). In this study, the functional group signature of SOA produced from OH and O3 channel oxidation of α-pinene is characterized based on the IR and ESI-HRMS. The IR spectra of SOA from the OH channel show strong absorptions of hydrogen bonded OH groups and weak absorptions of CO groups, while the absorptions of CO are more abundant than OH in the O3 channel. A linear relationship between the ratio of functional group absorption area (SO-H/SC=O) and the group number ratio of nO-H/nC=O is obtained. The ratios of nO-H/nC=O in the O3 and H2O2 systems of SOA are estimated to be 0.60 and 3.91, respectively. The ESI-HRMS results show that organic acids are the major products in both the O3 and NO2 systems. In contrast to the O3 channel, alcohols are more abundant from the OH channel. The major compounds of SOA from the H2O2 system are confirmed to be formed by autoxidation of first generation RO2 radicals. The nO-H/nC=O ratio obtained by IR is in good agreement with that by MS. Thus, the ratio of nO-H/nC=O can be used to characterize SOA formation from different oxidation channels. In α-pinene-NO2 irradiations, the ratio of nO-H/nC=O is 0.83, which is quite close to that from the O3 system, but totally different from that in the H2O2 system. This strongly supports that the O3 channel plays a key role in the formation of SOA from the α-pinene-NO2 system. The similarity of both products and the nO-H/nC=O ratios between the α-pinene-O3 and α-pinene-NO2 systems strongly states that a stabilized Criegee intermediate (SCI) is a key factor controlling SOA formation.
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- Long Jia
- State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; Department of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, College of Earth Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; Department of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, College of Earth Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Zuraski K, Hui AO, Grieman FJ, Darby E, Møller KH, Winiberg FAF, Percival CJ, Smarte MD, Okumura M, Kjaergaard HG, Sander SP. Acetonyl Peroxy and Hydro Peroxy Self- and Cross-Reactions: Kinetics, Mechanism, and Chaperone Enhancement from the Perspective of the Hydroxyl Radical Product. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:8128-8143. [PMID: 32852951 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c06220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Pulsed laser photolysis coupled with infrared (IR) wavelength modulation spectroscopy and ultraviolet (UV) absorption spectroscopy was used to study the kinetics and branching fractions for the acetonyl peroxy (CH3C(O)CH2O2) self-reaction and its reaction with hydro peroxy (HO2) at a temperature of 298 K and pressure of 100 Torr. Near-IR and mid-IR lasers simultaneously monitored HO2 and hydroxyl, OH, respectively, while UV absorption measurements monitored the CH3C(O)CH2O2 concentrations. The overall rate constant for the reaction between CH3C(O)CH2O2 and HO2 was found to be (5.5 ± 0.5) × 10-12 cm3 molecule-1 s-1, and the branching fraction for OH yield from this reaction was directly measured as 0.30 ± 0.04. The CH3C(O)CH2O2 self-reaction rate constant was measured to be (4.8 ± 0.8) × 10-12 cm3 molecule-1 s-1, and the branching fraction for alkoxy formation was inferred from secondary chemistry as 0.33 ± 0.13. An increase in the rate of the HO2 self-reaction was also observed as a function of acetone (CH3C(O)CH3) concentration which is interpreted as a chaperone effect, resulting from hydrogen-bond complexation between HO2 and CH3C(O)CH3. The chaperone enhancement coefficient for CH3C(O)CH3 was determined to be kA″ = (4.0 ± 0.2) × 10-29 cm6 molecule-2 s-1, and the equilibrium constant for HO2·CH3C(O)CH3 complex formation was found to be Kc(R14) = (2.0 ± 0.89) × 10-18 cm3 molecule-1; from these values, the rate constant for the HO2 + HO2·CH3C(O)CH3 reaction was estimated to be (2 ± 1) × 10-11 cm3 molecule-1 s-1. Results from UV absorption cross-section measurements of CH3C(O)CH2O2 and prompt OH radical yields arising from possible oxidation of the CH3C(O)CH3-derived alkyl radical are also discussed. Using theoretical methods, no likely pathways for the observed prompt OH radical formation have been found and the prompt OH radical yields thus remain unexplained.
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- Kristen Zuraski
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, United States
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- Arthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, United States.,Seaver Chemistry Laboratory, Pomona College, Claremont, California 91711, United States
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- Seaver Chemistry Laboratory, Pomona College, Claremont, California 91711, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, Copenhagen Ø DK-2100, Denmark
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, United States
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, United States
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- Arthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Arthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, Copenhagen Ø DK-2100, Denmark
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, United States
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Hasan G, Salo VT, Valiev RR, Kubečka J, Kurtén T. Comparing Reaction Routes for 3(RO···OR') Intermediates Formed in Peroxy Radical Self- and Cross-Reactions. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:8305-8320. [PMID: 32902986 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c05960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Organic peroxy radicals (RO2) are key intermediates in the chemistry of the atmosphere. One of the main sink reactions of RO2 is the recombination reaction RO2 + R'O2, which has three main channels (all with O2 as a coproduct): (1) R-H═O + R'OH, (2) RO + R'O, and (3) ROOR'. The RO + R'O "alkoxy" channel promotes radical and oxidant recycling, while the ROOR' "dimer" channel leads to low-volatility products relevant to aerosol processes. The ROOR' channel has only recently been discovered to play a role in the gas phase. Recent computational studies indicate that all of these channels first go through an intermediate complex 1(RO···3O2···OR'). Here, 3O2 is very weakly bound and will likely evaporate from the system, giving a triplet cluster of two alkoxy radicals: 3(RO···OR'). In this study, we systematically investigate the three reaction channels for an atmospherically representative set of RO + R'O radicals formed in the corresponding RO2 + R'O2 reaction. First, we systematically sample the possible conformations of the RO···OR' clusters on the triplet potential energy surface. Next, we compute energetic parameters and attempt to estimate reaction rate coefficients for the three channels: evaporation/dissociation to RO + R'O, a hydrogen shift leading to the formation of R'-H═O + ROH, and "spin-flip" (intersystem crossing) leading to, or at least allowing, the formation of ROOR' dimers. While large uncertainties in the computed energetics prevent a quantitative comparison of reaction rates, all three channels were found to be very fast (with typical rates greater than 106 s-1). This qualitatively demonstrates that the computationally proposed novel RO2 + R'O2 reaction mechanism is compatible with experimental data showing non-negligible branching ratios for all three channels, at least for sufficiently complex RO2.
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- Galib Hasan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland.,Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland.,Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland.,Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland.,Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Li S, Lu K, Ma X, Yang X, Chen S, Zhang Y. Field measurement of the organic peroxy radicals by the low-pressure reactor plus laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.07.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Zhang Y, He B, Wang Z, Huang B, Zhou Y. Atmospheric chemistry of CF 2ClO 2: a theoretical study on mechanisms and kinetics of the CF 2ClO 2 + HO 2 reaction. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 27:33965-33974. [PMID: 32557062 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-09580-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The singlet and triplet potential energy surfaces of the HO2 with CF2ClO2 reaction have been probed at the BMC-CCSD/cc-pVTZ level according to the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level obtained geometrical structure. On the singlet PES, the association/dissociation, direct H- abstraction, and SN2 displacement mechanisms have been taken into account. On the triplet PES, SN2 displacement and indirect H- abstraction reaction mechanisms have been investigated and the H- abstraction channel makes more contribution to the CF2ClO2 with HO2 reaction. The rate constants have been computed at 10-10 to 1010 atm and 200-3000 K by RRKM-TST theory. The results show that at T ≤ 600 K, the generation of IM1 (CF2ClO4H) by collisional deactivation is dominant pathway; at high temperatures, the production of P8 (CF2ClOOH + O2(3Σ)) becomes predominate. The predicted data for CF2ClO2 + HO2 agrees closely with available experimental value. Moreover, OH radicals act as inhibitors in the CF2ClOOH→CF2O + HOCl and CF2ClOOH→CFClO + HOF reactions. The dominant products for the reaction of CF2ClOOH + OH are CF2ClO2 + H2O.
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- Yunju Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Photoinduced Functional Materials, Mianyang Normal University, Mianyang, 621000, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Functional Molecules, Chengdu Normal University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Photoinduced Functional Materials, Mianyang Normal University, Mianyang, 621000, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Photoinduced Functional Materials, Mianyang Normal University, Mianyang, 621000, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Photoinduced Functional Materials, Mianyang Normal University, Mianyang, 621000, People's Republic of China
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