Kinetics and Products of the OH Radical-Initiated Reaction of 1,4-Butanediol and Rate Constants for the Reactions of OH Radicals with 4-Hydroxybutanal and 3-Hydroxypropanal

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 707-713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherri A. Mason ◽  
Janet Arey ◽  
Roger Atkinson
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Wen ◽  
Thomas Schaefer ◽  
Hartmut Herrmann

<p>Dicarboxylic acids (DCAs) are widely distributed in atmospheric aerosols and cloud droplets and are mainly formed by the oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). For example, glutaric acid and adipic acid are two kinds of the DCAs that can be oxidized by hydroxyl radical (‧OH) reactions in the aqueous phase of aerosols and droplets. In the present study, the temperature- and pH-dependent rate constants of the aqueous OH radical reactions of the two DCAs were investigated by a laser flash photolysis-long path absorption setup using the competition kinetics method. Based on speciation calculations, the OH radical reaction rate constants of the fully protonated (H<sub>2</sub>A), deprotonated (HA<sup>-</sup>) and fully deprotonated (A<sup>2-</sup>) forms of the two DCAs were determined. The following Arrhenius expressions for the T-dependency of the OH radical reaction of glutaric acid, k(T, H<sub>2</sub>A) = (3.9 ± 0.1) × 10<sup>10</sup> × exp[(-1270 ± 200 K)/T], k(T, HA<sup>-</sup>) = (2.3 ± 0.1) × 10<sup>11</sup> × exp[(-1660 ± 190 K)/T], k(T, A<sup>2-</sup>) = (1.4 ± 0.1) × 10<sup>11</sup> × exp[(-1400 ± 170 K)/T] and adipic acid, k(T, H<sub>2</sub>A) = (7.5 ± 0.2) × 10<sup>10</sup> × exp[(-1210 ± 170 K)/T], k(T, HA<sup>-</sup>) = (9.5 ± 0.3) × 10<sup>10</sup> × exp[(-1200 ± 200 K)/T], k(T, A<sup>2-</sup>) = (8.7 ± 0.2) × 10<sup>10</sup> × exp[(-1100 ± 170 K)/T] (in unit of L mol<sup>-1</sup> s<sup>-1</sup>) were derived.</p><p>The energy barriers of the H-atom abstractions were simulated by the Density Functional Theory calculations run with the GAUSSIAN package using the M06-2X method and the basis set m062x/6-311++g(3df,2p). The results showed that the energy barriers were lower at the C<sub>β</sub>-atoms and are higher at the C<sub>α</sub>-atoms of the two DCAs, clearly suggesting that the H-atom abstractions occurred predominately at the C<sub>β</sub>-atoms. In addition, the ionizations can enhance the electrostatic effects of the carboxyl groups, significantly reducing the energy barriers, leading to the order of OH radical reactivity as  <  < . This study intends to better characterize the losing processes of glutaric acid and adipic acid in atmospheres.</p>


2013 ◽  
Vol 91 (6) ◽  
pp. 472-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyan Sun ◽  
Lei Ding ◽  
Qingzhu Zhang ◽  
Wenxing Wang

Polyfluorinated sulfonamides (FSAs, F(CF2)nSO2NR1R2) are present in the atmosphere and may serve as the source of perfluorocarboxylates (PFCAs, CF3(CF2)nCOO–) in remote locations through long-range atmospheric transport and oxidation. Density functional theory (DFT) molecular orbital theory calculations were carried out to investigate OH radical-initiated atmospheric oxidation of a series of sulfonamides, F(CF2)nSO2NR1R2 (n = 4, 6, 8). Geometry optimizations of the reactants as well as the intermediates, transition states, and products were performed at the MPWB1K level with the 6-31G+(d,p) basis set. Single-point energy calculations were carried out at the MPWB1K/6-311+G(3df,2p) level of theory. The OH radical-initiated reaction mechanism is given and confirms that the OH addition to the sulfone double bond producing perfluoroalkanesulfonic acid directly cannot occur in the general atmosphere. Canonical variational transition-state (CVT) theory with small curvature tunneling (SCT) contribution was used to predict the rate constants. The overall rate constants were determined, k(T) (N-EtFBSA + OH) = (3.21 × 10−12) exp(–584.19/T), k(T) (N-EtFHxSA + OH) = (3.21 × 10−12) exp(–543.24/T), and k(T) (N-EtFOSA + OH) = (2.17 × 10−12) exp(–504.96/T) cm3 molecule−1 s−1, over the possible atmospheric temperature range of 180–370 K, indicating that the length of the F(CF2)n group has no large effect on the reactivity of FSAs. Results show that the atmospheric lifetime of FSAs determined by OH radicals will be 20–40 days, which agrees well with the experimental values (20–50 days), 20 thus they may contribute to the burden of perfluorinated pollution in remote regions.


1976 ◽  
Vol 31 (11) ◽  
pp. 1501-1510 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. A. Prütz ◽  
S. Vogel

Relative rate constants of OH radical and eaq- reactions have been determined by comparing, under steady x-irradiation, the effect of various solutes upon the radiationinduced chemiluminescence (RCL) of aqueous dye (DH) solutions, [DH + ·OH] + eaq- → DH* + OH-. The results abundantly confirm other published data. RCL changes upon addition of phosphates indicate prototropic reactions with the oxidized dye, D·+ H2PO4- ⇌ DH·+ + HPO42-, promoting or inhibiting the formation of semioxidized dye (DH·+) as the most efficient RCL precursor. The RCL enhancement commonly observed upon addition of halides and pseudo halides is discussed at some length on the base of previous and present results in order to focus attention to the possible correlation between such RCL enhancement and the effect of halogen-sensitization in radiobiology. RCL results suggest that the halide transients formed from OH radicals, X- + ·OH → X· + OH-, are very powerful oxidizing agents reacting with aromatics by electron-abstraction rather than by addition or H-abstraction. The common application of I- and SCN- as competitors for the estimation of OH radical reactivities is being commented in the context


1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (22) ◽  
pp. 3374-3382 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. P. Overend ◽  
G. Paraskevopoulos ◽  
R. J. Cvetanović

A fast flash photolysis kinetic spectrophotometer capable of measuring rates of up to 105 s−1 is described. The rates of hydrogen abstraction from H2, CH4, C2H6, and C3H8 by OH radicals at 295 ± 2 K, have been measured in the gas phase by hydroxyl resonance absorption spectrophotometry. The influence of secondary reactions on the measured rates and the derivation of the absolute rate constants is discussed in detail.The absolute rate constants in units of cm3 mol−1 s−1 were found to be: [Formula: see text][Formula: see text][Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yat Sing Pang ◽  
Martin Kaminski ◽  
Anna Novelli ◽  
Philip Carlsson ◽  
Ismail-Hakki Acir ◽  
...  

<p>Limonene is the fourth-most abundant monoterpene in the atmosphere, which upon oxidation leads to the formation of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) and thereby influences climate and air quality.</p><p>In this study, the oxidation of limonene by OH at different atmospherically relevant NO and HO<sub>2</sub> levels (NO: 0.1 – 10 ppb; HO<sub>2</sub>: 20 ppt) was investigated in simulation experiments in the SAPHIR chamber at Forschungszentrum Jülich. The analysis focuses on comparing measured radical concentrations (RO<sub>2</sub>, HO<sub>2</sub>, OH) and OH reactivity (k<sub>OH</sub>) with modeled values calculated using the Master Chemical Mechanism (MCM) version 3.3.1.</p><p>At high and medium NO concentrations, RO<sub>2</sub> is expected to quickly react with NO. An HO<sub>2</sub> radical is produced during the process that can be converted back to an OH radical by another reaction with NO. Consistently, for experiments conducted at medium NO levels (~0.5 ppb, RO<sub>2</sub> lifetime ~10 s), simulated RO<sub>2</sub>, HO<sub>2</sub>, and OH agree with observations within the measurement uncertainties, if the OH reactivity of oxidation products is correctly described.</p><p>At lower NO concentrations, the regeneration of HO<sub>2</sub> in the RO<sub>2</sub> + NO reaction is slow and the reaction of RO<sub>2</sub> with HO<sub>2</sub> gains importance in forming peroxides. However, simulation results show a large discrepancy between calculated radical concentrations and measurements at low NO levels (<0.1 ppb, RO<sub>2</sub> lifetime ~ 100 s). Simulated RO<sub>2</sub> concentrations are found to be overestimated by a factor of three; simulated HO<sub>2</sub> concentrations are underestimated by 50 %; simulated OH concentrations are underestimated by about 35%, even if k<sub>OH</sub> is correctly described. This suggests that there could be additional RO<sub>2</sub> reaction pathways that regenerate HO<sub>2</sub> and OH radicals become important, but they are not taken into account in the MCM model.</p>


1984 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 475 ◽  
Author(s):  
RW Matthews

Solutions of cerium(III)/(IV) and formic acid in 0.4 M sulfuric acid have been photolysed under 254 nm and 365 nm light. Marked differences in the reaction kinetics and quantum yields are observed at the two different wavelengths. At 365 nm, the reactions leading to cerium(IV) reduction are caused almost exclusively by the SO4- radical. The ratio of rate constants, k(SO4- + CeIII)/ k(SO4- + HCOOH), is 116 � 11 and the quantum yield of sulfate radicals, ф(SO4-), is 0.023 � 0.002. At 254 nm, the reactions leading to cerium(IV) reduction are caused mainly by the OH radical, but approximately 35% of the oxidizing radicals formed in the primary photochemical reaction are SO4-. Cerium(III) species, excited at 254 nm, transfer energy to cerium(IV) and this results in an additional yield of OH and SO4- radicals. Fluorescence measurements confirmed the efficiency of the energy transfer reaction. The ratio of rate constants, k(OH+CeIII)/k(OH+HCOOH), is 2.22 � 0.18 and ф(CeIV*) and ф(CelIII*) giving oxidizing radicals are 0.116 � 0.010 and 0.0083 � 0.0008 respectively. Thus about 5 times more total oxidizing radicals are produced from excited cerium(IV) species at 254 nm than at 365 nm.


2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 11625-11641 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-F. Doussin ◽  
A. Monod

Abstract. In the atmosphere, one important class of reactions occurs in the aqueous phase in which organic compounds are known to undergo oxidation towards a number of radicals, among which OH radicals are the most reactive oxidants. In 2008, Monod and Doussin have proposed a new structure–activity relationship (SAR) to calculate OH-oxidation rate constants in the aqueous phase. This estimation method is based on the group-additivity principle and was until now limited to alkanes, alcohols, acids, bases and related polyfunctional compounds. In this work, the initial SAR is extended to carbonyl compounds, including aldehydes, ketones, dicarbonyls, hydroxy carbonyls, acidic carbonyls, their conjugated bases, and the hydrated form of all these compounds. To do so, only five descriptors have been added and none of the previously attributed descriptors were modified. This extension leads now to a SAR which is based on a database of 102 distinct compounds for which 252 experimental kinetic rate constants have been gathered and reviewed. The efficiency of this updated SAR is such that 58% of the rate constants could be calculated within ±20% of the experimental data and 76% within ±40% (respectively 41 and 72% for the carbonyl compounds alone).


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (34) ◽  
pp. 26559-26568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angappan Mano Priya ◽  
Gisèle El Dib ◽  
Lakshmipathi Senthilkumar ◽  
Chantal Sleiman ◽  
Alexandre Tomas ◽  
...  

Absolute experimental and theoretical rate constants are determined for the first time for the reaction of 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-butanone with OH as a function of temperature. The atmospheric implications are discussed.


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