Atmospheric chemistry of Di-tert-Butyl ether: Rates and products of the reactions with chlorine atoms, hydroxyl radicals, and nitrate radicals

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  • Sarka Langer
  • Evert Ljungström
  • Ingvar Wängberg
  • Timothy J. Wallington
  • Michael D. Hurley
  • Nielsen, Ole John

The rate constants for the gas-phase reactions of di-ferl-butyl ether (DTBE) with chlorine atoms, hydroxyl radicals, and nitrate radicals have been determined in relative rate experiments using FTIR spectroscopy Values of (DTBE→C1) = (1.4 ±0.2) × 10-10, K(DTBE+OH) = (3.7 ±0.7) × 10-12. and K(DTBE+NO3) = (2.8 ±0.9) × 10-16 cm3 molecule-11 s-1 were obtained. Tert-butyl acetate was identified as the major product of both Cl atom and OH radical initiated oxidation of DTBE in air in the presence of NO3 The molar tert-butyl acetate yield was 0.85 ±.0.11 in the Cl atom experiments and 0.84 ±0.11 in OH radical experiments As part of this work the rate constant for reaction of Cl atoms with terl-butyl acetate at 295 K was determined to be (1.6 ±0.3) × 10-11 cm3 molecule 1s-1. The stated errors are two standard deviations (2σ)

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftInternational Journal of Chemical Kinetics
Vol/bind28
Udgave nummer4
Sider (fra-til)299-306
Antal sider8
ISSN0538-8066
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 jan. 1996

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