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Berndt T, Chen J, Kjærgaard ER, Møller KH, Tilgner A, Hoffmann EH, Herrmann H, Crounse JD, Wennberg PO, Kjaergaard HG. Hydrotrioxide (ROOOH) formation in the atmosphere. Science 2022; 376:979-982. [PMID: 35617402 DOI: 10.1126/science.abn6012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Abstract
Organic hydrotrioxides (ROOOH) are known to be strong oxidants used in organic synthesis. Previously, it has been speculated that they are formed in the atmosphere through the gas-phase reaction of organic peroxy radicals (RO2) with hydroxyl radicals (OH). Here, we report direct observation of ROOOH formation from several atmospherically relevant RO2 radicals. Kinetic analysis confirmed rapid RO2 + OH reactions forming ROOOH, with rate coefficients close to the collision limit. For the OH-initiated degradation of isoprene, global modeling predicts molar hydrotrioxide formation yields of up to 1%, which represents an annual ROOOH formation of about 10 million metric tons. The atmospheric lifetime of ROOOH is estimated to be minutes to hours. Hydrotrioxides represent a previously omitted substance class in the atmosphere, the impact of which needs to be examined.
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Affiliation(s)
- Torsten Berndt
- Atmospheric Chemistry Department (ACD), Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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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 Chemistry Department (ACD), Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.,Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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Iyer S, Rissanen MP, Kurtén T. Reaction between Peroxy and Alkoxy Radicals Can Form Stable Adducts. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:2051-2057. [PMID: 30958011 PMCID: PMC6727596 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Accepted: 04/08/2019] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
Peroxy (RO2) and alkoxy (RO) radicals are prototypical intermediates in any hydrocarbon oxidation. In this work, we use computational methods to (1) study the mechanism and kinetics of the RO2 + OH reaction for previously unexplored "R" structures (R = CH(O)CH2 and R = CH3C(O)) and (2) investigate a hitherto unaccounted channel of molecular growth, R'O2 + RO. On the singlet surface, these reactions rapidly form ROOOH and R'OOOR adducts, respectively. The former decomposes to RO + HO2 and R(O)OH + O2 products, while the main decomposition channel for the latter is back to the reactant radicals. Decomposition rates of R'OOOR adducts varied between 103 and 0.015 s-1 at 298 K and 1 atm. The most long-lived R'OOOR adducts likely account for some fraction of the elemental compositions detected in the atmosphere that are commonly assigned to stable covalently bound dimers.
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Affiliation(s)
- Siddharth Iyer
- Department of Chemistry and Institute
for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Aerosol
Physics Laboratory, Physics Unit, Tampere
University, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland
- Department
of Physics and Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research
(INAR), University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Institute
for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Assaf E, Schoemaecker C, Vereecken L, Fittschen C. Experimental and theoretical investigation of the reaction of RO2radicals with OH radicals: Dependence of the HO2yield on the size of the alkyl group. INT J CHEM KINET 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/kin.21191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Emmanuel Assaf
- Université Lille; CNRS; UMR 8522, PC2A - Physicochimie des Processus de Combustion et de l'Atmosphère; Lille France
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- Université Lille; CNRS; UMR 8522, PC2A - Physicochimie des Processus de Combustion et de l'Atmosphère; Lille France
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- Institut für Energie und Klimaforschung; Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH; Jülich Germany
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- Université Lille; CNRS; UMR 8522, PC2A - Physicochimie des Processus de Combustion et de l'Atmosphère; Lille France
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