Experimental Study of SO2Formation in the Reactions of CH3SO Radical with NO2and O3in Relation with the Atmospheric Oxidation Mechanism of Dimethyl Sulfide

2003 ◽  
Vol 107 (8) ◽  
pp. 1155-1161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitri Borissenko ◽  
Alexander Kukui ◽  
Gérard Laverdet ◽  
Georges Le Bras
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoi Salta ◽  
Jacopo Lupi ◽  
Vincenzo Barone ◽  
Oscar Ventura

<div> Elucidation of the oxidation mechanism of naturally emitted reduced sulfur compounds, especially dimethyl sulfide, plays a central role in understanding background acid precipitation in the natural environment. Most frequently, theoretical studies of the addition and H-elimination reactions of dimethyl sulfide with hydroxyl radicals are studied considering the presence of oxygen that further reacts with the radicals formed in the initial steps. Although the reaction of intermediate species with additional hydroxyl radicals has been considered as part of the global mechanism of oxidation, few if any attention has been dedicated to the possibility of reactions of the initial radicals with a second •OH molecule. In this work we performed a computational study using quantum-chemical methods, of the mechanism of H-abstraction from dimethyl sulfide under normal atmospheric conditions and in reaction chambers at different O2 partial pressure, including complete absence of oxygen. Additionally, important rate coefficients were computed using canonical and variational transition state theory. The rate coefficient for abstraction affords a 4.72 x 10-12 cm3 molecule1 s-1 value, very close to the most recent experimental one (4.13 x 10-12 cm3 molecule-1 s-1). According to our best results, the initial methyl thiomethyl radical was obtained at -25.2 kcal/mol (experimentally -22.4 kcal/mol), and four important paths were identified on the potential energy surface. From the interplay of thermochemical and kinetic arguments, it was possible to demonstrate that the preferred product of the reaction of dimethyl sulfide with two hydroxyl radicals, is actually dimethyl sulfoxide. </div><div> </div>


2009 ◽  
Vol 113 (26) ◽  
pp. 7189-7204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie J. Christiansen ◽  
Joseph S. Francisco

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.


2004 ◽  
Vol 108 (39) ◽  
pp. 7785-7789 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinichi Enami ◽  
Yukio Nakano ◽  
Satoshi Hashimoto ◽  
Masahiro Kawasaki ◽  
Simone Aloisio ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (33) ◽  
pp. 18316-18327
Author(s):  
Zhaowei Wang ◽  
Haiqing Pei ◽  
Jing Shang ◽  
Liangzhi Kou ◽  
Zhixun Wen ◽  
...  

Surface phase diagrams and element content obtained from ab initio thermodynamics and experiment reveal the atomic-scale oxidation mechanism of Ni/Ni3Al interfaces.


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