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Rate constants for the gas-phase reactions of a series of C-3-C-6 aldehydes with OH and NO3 radicals

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International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 32 (2): 79--84 (January 2000)

Abstract

By using relative rate methods, rate constants for the gas-phase reactions of OH and NO3 radicals with propanal, butanal, pentanal, and hexanal have been measured at 296 +/- 2 K and atmospheric pressure of air. By using methyl vinyl ketone as the reference compound, the rate constants obtained for the OH radical reactions (in units of 10(-12) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1)) were propanal, 20.2 +/- 1.4; butanal, 24.7 +/- 1.5; pentanal, 29.9 +/- 1.9; and hexanal, 31.7 +/- 1.5. By using methacrolein and 1-butene as the reference compounds, the rate constants obtained for the NO3 radical reactions (in units of 10(-15) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1)) were propanal, 7.1 +/- 0.4; butanal, 11.2 +/- 1.5; pentanal, 14.1 +/- 1.6; and hexanal, 14.9 +/- 1.3. The dominant tropospheric loss process for the aldehydes studied here is calculated to be by reaction with the OH radical, with calculated lifetimes of a few hours during daytime. (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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