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Lade R, Onel L, Blitz MA, Seakins PW, Stone D. Kinetics of the Gas-Phase Reactions of syn- and anti-CH 3CHOO Criegee Intermediate Conformers with SO 2 as a Function of Temperature and Pressure. J Phys Chem A 2024; 128:2815-2824. [PMID: 38551990 PMCID: PMC11017318 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.4c00199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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Kinetics of reactions between SO2 and CH3CHOO Criegee intermediate conformers have been measured at temperatures between 242 and 353 K and pressures between 10 and 600 Torr using laser flash photolysis of CH3CHI2/O2/N2/SO2 gas mixtures coupled with time-resolved broadband UV absorption spectroscopy. The kinetics of syn-CH3CHOO + SO2 are pressure-dependent and exhibit a negative temperature dependence, with the observed pressure dependence reconciling apparent discrepancies between previous measurements performed at ∼298 K. Results indicate a rate coefficient of (4.80 ± 0.46) × 10-11 cm3 s-1 for the reaction of syn-CH3CHOO with SO2 at 298 K and 760 Torr. In contrast to the behavior of the syn-conformer, the kinetics of anti-CH3CHOO + SO2 display no significant dependence on temperature or pressure over the ranges investigated, with a mean rate coefficient of (1.18 ± 0.21) × 10-10 cm3 s-1 over all conditions studied in this work. Results indicate that the reaction of syn-CH3CHOO with SO2 competes with unimolecular decomposition and reaction with water vapor in areas with high SO2 concentration and low humidity, particularly at lower temperatures.
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- Rachel
E. Lade
- School
of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
- National
Centre for Atmospheric Science, University
of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
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Chao W, Markus CR, Okumura M, Winiberg FAF, Percival CJ. Chemical Kinetic Study of the Reaction of CH 2OO with CH 3O 2. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:3690-3697. [PMID: 38546268 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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Criegee intermediates play an important role in the oxidizing capacity of the Earth's troposphere. Although extensive studies have been conducted on Criegee intermediates in the past decade, their kinetics with radical species remain underexplored. We investigated the kinetics of the simplest Criegee intermediate, CH2OO, with the methyl peroxy radical, CH3O2, as a model system to explore the reactivities of Criegee intermediates with peroxy radicals. Using a multipass UV-Vis spectrometer coupled to a pulsed-laser photolysis flow reactor, CH2OO and CH3O2 were generated simultaneously from the photolysis of CH2I2/CH3I/O2/N2 mixtures with CH2OO measured directly near 340 nm. We determined a reaction rate coefficient kCH2OO+CH3O2 = (1.7 ± 0.5) × 10-11 cm3 s-1 at 294 K and 10 Torr, where the influence of iodine adducts is reduced. This rate coefficient is faster than previous theoretical predictions, highlighting the challenges in accurately describing the interaction between zwitterionic and biradical characteristics of Criegee intermediates.
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- Wen Chao
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109-8099, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109-8099, United States
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109-8099, United States
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Zou M, Liu T, Vansco MF, Sojdak CA, Markus CR, Almeida R, Au K, Sheps L, Osborn DL, Winiberg FAF, Percival CJ, Taatjes CA, Klippenstein SJ, Lester MI, Caravan RL. Bimolecular Reaction of Methyl-Ethyl-Substituted Criegee Intermediate with SO 2. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:8994-9002. [PMID: 37870411 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c04648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
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Methyl-ethyl-substituted Criegee intermediate (MECI) is a four-carbon carbonyl oxide that is formed in the ozonolysis of some asymmetric alkenes. MECI is structurally similar to the isoprene-derived methyl vinyl ketone oxide (MVK-oxide) but lacks resonance stabilization, making it a promising candidate to help us unravel the effects of size, structure, and resonance stabilization that influence the reactivity of atmospherically important, highly functionalized Criegee intermediates. We present experimental and theoretical results from the first bimolecular study of MECI in its reaction with SO2, a reaction that shows significant sensitivity to the Criegee intermediate structure. Using multiplexed photoionization mass spectrometry, we obtain a rate coefficient of (1.3 ± 0.3) × 10-10 cm3 s-1 (95% confidence limits, 298 K, 10 Torr) and demonstrate the formation of SO3 under our experimental conditions. Through high-level theory, we explore the effect of Criegee intermediate structure on the minimum energy pathways for their reactions with SO2 and obtain modified Arrhenius fits to our predictions for the reaction of both syn and anti conformers of MECI with SO2 (ksyn = 4.42 × 1011 T-7.80exp(-1401/T) cm3 s-1 and kanti = 1.26 × 1011 T-7.55exp(-1397/T) cm3 s-1). Our experimental and theoretical rate coefficients (which are in reasonable agreement at 298 K) show that the reaction of MECI with SO2 is significantly faster than MVK-oxide + SO2, demonstrating the substantial effect of resonance stabilization on Criegee intermediate reactivity.
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- Meijun Zou
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, United States
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, United States
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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Winiberg FAF, Chao W, Caravan RL, Markus CR, Sander SP, Percival CJ. A white cell based broadband transient UV-vis absorption spectroscopy with pulsed laser photolysis reactors for chemical kinetics under variable temperatures and pressures. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2023; 94:114103. [PMID: 37943165 DOI: 10.1063/5.0164733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/14/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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UV-vis spectroscopy is widely used for kinetic studies in physical chemistry, as species' absolute cross-sections are usually less sensitive to experimental conditions (i.e., temperature and pressure). Here, we present the design and characterization of a multipass UV-vis absorption spectroscopy white cell coupled to a pulsed-laser photolysis flow reactor. The glass reactor was designed to facilitate studies of gas phase chemical reactions over a range of conditions (239-293 K and 10-550 Torr). Purged windows mitigate contamination from chemical precursors and photolysis products. We report the measured impact of this purging on temperature uniformity and the absorption length and present some supporting flow calculations. The combined optical setup is unique and enables the photolysis laser to be coaligned with a well-defined absorption pathlength probe beam. This alignment leverages the use of one long-pass filter to increase the spectrum flatness and increase the light intensity vs other systems that use two dichroic mirrors. The probe beam is analyzed with a dual exit spectrograph, customized to split the light between an intensified CCD and photomultiplier tube, enabling simultaneous spectrum and single wavelength detection. This multipass system yields a pathlength of ∼450 cm and minimum observable concentrations of ∼3.7 × 1011 molecule cm-3 (assuming cross-sections ∼1.2 × 10-17 cm2). The temperature profile across the reaction region is ±2 K, defined by the worst-case temperature of 239 K, validated by measurements of the N2O4 equilibrium constant. Finally, the system is implemented to study the simplest Criegee intermediate, demonstrating the instrument performance and advantages of simultaneous spectrum and temporal profile measurements.
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- Frank A F Winiberg
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109-8099, USA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd., Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109-8099, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109-8099, USA
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd., Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109-8099, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109-8099, USA
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Liu T, Elliott SN, Zou M, Vansco MF, Sojdak CA, Markus CR, Almeida R, Au K, Sheps L, Osborn DL, Winiberg FAF, Percival CJ, Taatjes CA, Caravan RL, Klippenstein SJ, Lester MI. OH Roaming and Beyond in the Unimolecular Decay of the Methyl-Ethyl-Substituted Criegee Intermediate: Observations and Predictions. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:19405-19420. [PMID: 37623926 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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Alkene ozonolysis generates short-lived Criegee intermediates that are a significant source of hydroxyl (OH) radicals. This study demonstrates that roaming of the separating OH radicals can yield alternate hydroxycarbonyl products, thereby reducing the OH yield. Specifically, hydroxybutanone has been detected as a stable product arising from roaming in the unimolecular decay of the methyl-ethyl-substituted Criegee intermediate (MECI) under thermal flow cell conditions. The dynamical features of this novel multistage dissociation plus a roaming unimolecular decay process have also been examined with ab initio kinetics calculations. Experimentally, hydroxybutanone isomers are distinguished from the isomeric MECI by their higher ionization threshold and distinctive photoionization spectra. Moreover, the exponential rise of the hydroxybutanone kinetic time profile matches that for the unimolecular decay of MECI. A weaker methyl vinyl ketone (MVK) photoionization signal is also attributed to OH roaming. Complementary multireference electronic structure calculations have been utilized to map the unimolecular decay pathways for MECI, starting with 1,4 H atom transfer from a methyl or methylene group to the terminal oxygen, followed by roaming of the separating OH and butanonyl radicals in the long-range region of the potential. Roaming via reorientation and the addition of OH to the vinyl group of butanonyl is shown to yield hydroxybutanone, and subsequent C-O elongation and H-transfer can lead to MVK. A comprehensive theoretical kinetic analysis has been conducted to evaluate rate constants and branching yields (ca. 10-11%) for thermal unimolecular decay of MECI to conventional and roaming products under laboratory and atmospheric conditions, consistent with the estimated experimental yield (ca. 7%).
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- Tianlin Liu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, United States
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, United States
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Mailstop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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Lee HK, Chantanapongvanij P, Schmidt RR, Stephenson TA. Master Equation Studies of the Unimolecular Decay of Thermalized Methacrolein Oxide: The Impact of Atmospheric Conditions. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:4492-4502. [PMID: 37163697 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c00542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
Abstract
Master equation simulations of the unimolecular reaction dynamics of the Criegee intermediate methacrolein oxide (MACR oxide) have been performed under a variety of temperature and pressure conditions. These simulations provide insight into how the unimolecular kinetics vary across temperatures spanning the range 288-320 K. This work has incorporated a new potential energy surface and includes the anti-to-syn and cis-to-trans conformational dynamics of MACR oxide, as well as the unimolecular reactions to form dioxirane and dioxole species. The competition between the unimolecular reactivity of MACR oxide and previously documented bimolecular reactivity of MACR oxide with water vapor is explored, focusing on how this competition is affected by changes in atmospheric conditions. The impact on the role of MACR oxide as an atmospheric oxidant of SO2 is noted.
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- Hyun Kyung Lee
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Swarthmore College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Swarthmore College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Swarthmore College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Swarthmore College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081, United States
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Zhang T, Wen M, Ding C, Zhang Y, Ma X, Wang Z, Lily M, Liu J, Wang R. Multiple evaluations of atmospheric behavior between Criegee intermediates and HCHO: Gas-phase and air-water interface reaction. J Environ Sci (China) 2023; 127:308-319. [PMID: 36522063 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2022.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Revised: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Given the high abundance of water in the atmosphere, the reaction of Criegee intermediates (CIs) with (H2O)2 is considered to be the predominant removal pathway for CIs. However, recent experimental findings reported that the reactions of CIs with organic acids and carbonyls are faster than expected. At the same time, the interface behavior between CIs and carbonyls has not been reported so far. Here, the gas-phase and air-water interface behavior between Criegee intermediates and HCHO were explored by adopting high-level quantum chemical calculations and Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics (BOMD) simulations. Quantum chemical calculations evidence that the gas-phase reactions of CIs + HCHO are submerged energy or low energy barriers processes. The rate ratios speculate that the HCHO could be not only a significant tropospheric scavenger of CIs, but also an inhibitor in the oxidizing ability of CIs on SOx in dry and highly polluted areas with abundant HCHO concentration. The reactions of CH2OO with HCHO at the droplet's surface follow a loop structure mechanism to produce i) SOZ (), ii) BHMP (HOCH2OOCH2OH), and iii) HMHP (HOCH2OOH). Considering the harsh reaction conditions between CIs and HCHO at the interface (i.e., the two molecules must be sufficiently close to each other), the hydration of CIs is still their main atmospheric loss pathway. These results could help us get a better interpretation of the underlying CIs-aldehydes chemical processes in the global polluted urban atmospheres.
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- Tianlei Zhang
- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723001, China.
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723001, China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723001, China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723001, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Institute of Environmental Health and Pollution Control, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Biophysics, Institute of Biophysics, Dezhou University, Dezhou 253023, China
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- Environmental Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723001, China; Qinba Mountains of Bio-Resource Collaborative Innovation Center of Southern Shaanxi Province, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723001, China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Catalysis, School of Chemical & Environment Science, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723001, China
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Begley JM, Aroeira GJR, Turney JM, Douberly GE, Schaefer HF. Enthalpies of formation for Criegee intermediates: A correlation energy convergence study. J Chem Phys 2023; 158:034302. [PMID: 36681629 DOI: 10.1063/5.0127588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Criegee intermediates, formed from the ozonolysis of alkenes, are known to have a role in atmospheric chemistry, including the modulation of the oxidizing capacity of the troposphere. Although studies have been conducted since their discovery, the synthesis of these species in the laboratory has ushered in a new wave of investigations of these structures, both theoretically and experimentally. In some of these theoretical studies, high-order corrections for correlation energy are included to account for the mid multi-reference character found in these systems. Many of these studies include a focus on kinetics; therefore, the calculated energies should be accurate (<1 kcal/mol in error). In this research, we compute the enthalpies of formation for a small set of Criegee intermediates, including higher-order coupled cluster corrections for correlation energy up to coupled cluster with perturbative quintuple excitations. The enthalpies of formation for formaldehyde oxide, anti-acetaldehyde oxide, syn-acetaldehyde oxide, and acetone oxide are presented at 0 K as 26.5, 15.6, 12.2, and 0.1 kcal mol-1, respectively. Additionally, we do not recommend the coupled cluster with perturbative quadruple excitations [CCSDT(Q)] energy correction, as it is approximately twice as large as that of the coupled cluster with full quadruple excitations (CCSDTQ). Half of the CCSDT(Q) energy correction may be included as a reliable, cost-effective estimation of CCSDTQ energies for Criegee intermediates.
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- James M Begley
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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Karsili TNV, Marchetti B, Lester MI, Ashfold MNR. Electronic Absorption Spectroscopy and Photochemistry of Criegee Intermediates. Photochem Photobiol 2023; 99:4-18. [PMID: 35713380 DOI: 10.1111/php.13665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Interest in Criegee intermediates (CIs), often termed carbonyl oxides, and their role in tropospheric chemistry has grown massively since the demonstration of laboratory-based routes to their formation and characterization in the gas phase. This article reviews current knowledge regarding the electronic spectroscopy of atmospherically relevant CIs like CH2 OO, CH3 CHOO, (CH3 )2 COO and larger CIs like methyl vinyl ketone oxide and methacrolein oxide that are formed in the ozonolysis of isoprene, and of selected conjugated carbene-derived CIs of interest in the synthetic chemistry community. Of the aforementioned atmospherically relevant CIs, all except CH2 OO and (CH3 )2 COO exist in different conformers which, under tropospheric conditions, can display strikingly different thermal loss rates via unimolecular and bimolecular processes. Calculated photolysis rates based on their absorption properties suggest that solar photolysis will rarely be a significant contributor to the total loss rate for any CI under tropospheric conditions. Nonetheless, there is ever-growing interest in the absorption cross sections and primary photochemistry of CIs following excitation to the strongly absorbing 1 ππ* state, and how this varies with CI, with conformer and with excitation wavelength. The later part of this review surveys the photochemical data reported to date, including a range of studies that demonstrate prompt photo-induced fission of the terminal O-O bond, and speculates about possible alternate decay processes that could occur following non-adiabatic coupling to, and dissociation from, highly internally excited levels of the electronic ground state of a CI.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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Chen J. Why Should the Reaction Order of a Bimolecular Reaction be 2.33 Instead of 2? J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:9719-9725. [PMID: 36520427 PMCID: PMC9805503 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c07500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Predicting the reaction kinetics, that is, how fast a reaction can happen in a solution, is essential information for many processes, such as industrial chemical manufacturing, refining, synthesis and separation of petroleum products, environmental processes in air and water, biological reactions in cells, biosensing, and drug delivery. Collision theory was originally developed to explain the reaction kinetics of gas reactions with no dilution. For a reaction in a diluted inert gas solution or a diluted liquid solution, diffusion often dominates the collision process. Thus, it is necessary to include diffusion in such a calculation. Traditionally, the classical Smoluchowski rate is used as a starting point to predict the collision frequency of two molecules in a diluted solution. In this report, a different collision model is derived from the adsorption of molecules on a flat surface. A surprising result is obtained, showing that the reaction order for bimolecular reactions should be 2 and 1/3 instead of 2, following a fractal reaction kinetics.
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- Jixin Chen
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
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Zhao Y, Yao M, Wang Y, Li Z, Wang S, Li C, Xiao H. Acylperoxy Radicals as Key Intermediates in the Formation of Dimeric Compounds in α-Pinene Secondary Organic Aerosol. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:14249-14261. [PMID: 36178682 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c02090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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High molecular weight dimeric compounds constitute a significant fraction of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) and have profound impacts on the properties and lifecycle of particles in the atmosphere. Although different formation mechanisms involving reactive intermediates and/or closed-shell monomeric species have been proposed for the particle-phase dimers, their relative importance remains in debate. Here, we report unambiguous experimental evidence of the important role of acyl organic peroxy radicals (RO2) and a small but non-negligible contribution from stabilized Criegee intermediates (SCIs) in the formation of particle-phase dimers during ozonolysis of α-pinene, one of the most important precursors for biogenic SOA. Specifically, we find that acyl RO2-involved reactions explain 50-80% of total oxygenated dimer signals (C15-C20, O/C ≥ 0.4) and 20-30% of the total less oxygenated (O/C < 0.4) dimer signals. In particular, they contribute to 70% of C15-C19 dimer ester formation, likely mainly via the decarboxylation of diacyl peroxides arising from acyl RO2 cross-reactions. In comparison, SCIs play a minor role in the formation of C15-C19 dimer esters but react noticeably with the most abundant C9 and C10 carboxylic acids and/or carbonyl products to form C19 and C20 dimeric peroxides, which are prone to particle-phase transformation to form more stable dimers without the peroxide functionality. This work provides a clearer view of the formation pathways of particle-phase dimers from α-pinene oxidation and would help reduce the uncertainties in future atmospheric modeling of the budget, properties, and health and climate impacts of SOA.
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- Yue Zhao
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Yang JN, Takahashi K, Lin JJM. Reaction Kinetics of Criegee Intermediates with Nitric Acid. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:6160-6170. [PMID: 36044562 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c04596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This work investigated the reaction kinetics of HNO3 with four Criegee intermediates (CIs): CH2OO, (CH3)2COO, methyl vinyl ketone oxide (MVKO), and methacrolein oxide (MACRO). Our results show that these reactions are extremely fast with rate coefficients of (1.51 ± 0.45) × 10-10, (3.54 ± 1.06) × 10-10, (3.93 ± 1.18) × 10-10, and (3.0 ± 1.0) × 10-10 cm3 s-1 for reactions of HNO3 with CH2OO, (CH3)2COO, syn-MVKO, and anti-MACRO, respectively. This is consistent with previous results for the reactions between CIs and carboxylic acids, but the rate coefficient of CH2OO + HNO3 in the literature [Foreman Angew. Chem. 2016, 128, 10575] was found to be overestimated by a factor of 3.6. In addition, we did not observe any significant pressure dependence in the HNO3 reactions with CH2OO and (CH3)2COO under 100-400 Torr. Our results indicate that in a dry area with severe NOx pollution, the reactions of CIs with HNO3 and their products may be worthy of attention, but these reactions may be insignificant under high-humidity conditions. However, CI reactions with HNO3 may not play an important role in the atmospheric removal processes of HNO3 because of the low concentrations of CIs.
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- Jie-Ning Yang
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.,Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.,Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Lin YH, Takahashi K, Lin JJM. Absolute photodissociation cross sections of thermalized methyl vinyl ketone oxide and methacrolein oxide. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:10439-10450. [PMID: 35441630 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp00476c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Methyl vinyl ketone oxide (MVKO) and methacrolein oxide (MACRO) are resonance-stabilized Criegee intermediates which are formed in the ozonolysis reaction of isoprene, the most abundant unsaturated hydrocarbon in the atmosphere. The absolute photodissociation cross sections of MVKO and MACRO were determined by measuring their laser depletion fraction at 352 nm, which was deduced from their time-resolved UV-visible absorption spectra. After calibrating the 352 nm laser fluence with the photodissociation of NO2, for which the absorption cross section and photodissociation quantum yield are well known, the photodissociation cross sections of thermalized (299 K) MVKO and MACRO at 352 nm were determined to be (3.02 ± 0.60) × 10-17 cm2 and (1.53 ± 0.29) × 10-17 cm2, respectively. Using their reported spectra and photodissociation quantum yields, their peak absorption cross sections were deduced to be (3.70 ± 0.74) × 10-17 cm2 (at 371 nm, MVKO) and (3.04 ± 0.58) × 10-17 cm2 (at 397 nm, MACRO). These values agree fairly with our theoretical predictions and are substantially larger than those of smaller, alkyl-substituted Criegee intermediates (CH2OO, syn-CH3CHOO, (CH3)2COO), revealing the effect of extended conjugation. With their cross sections, we also quantified the synthesis yields of MVKO and MACRO in the present experiment to be 0.22 ± 0.10 (at 299 K and 30-700 torr) and 0.043 ± 0.019 (at 299 K and 500 torr), respectively, relative to their photolyzed precursors. The lower yield of MACRO can be related to the high endothermicity of its formation channel.
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- Yen-Hsiu Lin
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan. .,Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan. .,Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Hansen AS, Qian Y, Sojdak CA, Kozlowski MC, Esposito VJ, Francisco JS, Klippenstein SJ, Lester MI. Rapid Allylic 1,6 H-Atom Transfer in an Unsaturated Criegee Intermediate. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:5945-5955. [PMID: 35344666 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c00055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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A novel allylic 1,6 hydrogen-atom-transfer mechanism is established through infrared activation of the 2-butenal oxide Criegee intermediate, resulting in very rapid unimolecular decay to hydroxyl (OH) radical products. A new precursor, Z/E-1,3-diiodobut-1-ene, is synthesized and photolyzed in the presence of oxygen to generate a new four-carbon Criegee intermediate with extended conjugation across the vinyl and carbonyl oxide groups that facilitates rapid allylic 1,6 H-atom transfer. A low-energy reaction pathway involving isomerization of 2-butenal oxide from a lower-energy (tZZ) conformer to a higher-energy (cZZ) conformer followed by 1,6 hydrogen transfer via a seven-membered ring transition state is predicted theoretically and shown experimentally to yield OH products. The low-lying (tZZ) conformer of 2-butenal oxide is identified based on computed anharmonic frequencies and intensities of its conformers. Experimental IR action spectra recorded in the fundamental CH stretch region with OH product detection by UV laser-induced fluorescence reveal a distinctive IR transition of the low-lying (tZZ) conformer at 2996 cm-1 that results in rapid unimolecular decay to OH products. Statistical RRKM calculations involving a combination of conformational isomerization and unimolecular decay via 1,6 H-transfer yield an effective decay rate keff(E) on the order of 108 s-1 at ca. 3000 cm-1 in good accord with the experiment. Unimolecular decay proceeds with significant enhancement due to quantum mechanical tunneling. A rapid thermal decay rate of ca. 106 s-1 is predicted by master-equation modeling of 2-butenal oxide at 298 K, 1 bar. This novel unimolecular decay pathway is expected to increase the nonphotolytic production of OH radicals upon alkene ozonolysis in the troposphere.
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- Anne S Hansen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323 United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323 United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323 United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323 United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323 United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323 United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439 United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323 United States
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Peltola J, Seal P, Vuorio N, Heinonen P, Eskola A. Solving the discrepancy between the direct and relative-rate determinations of unimolecular reaction kinetics of dimethyl-substituted Criegee intermediate (CH 3) 2COO using a new photolytic precursor. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:5211-5219. [PMID: 35167635 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02270a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We have performed direct kinetic measurements of the thermal unimolecular reaction of (CH3)2COO in the temperature range 243-340 K and pressure range 5-350 Torr using time-resolved UV-absorption spectroscopy. We have utilized a new photolytic precursor, 2-bromo-2-iodopropane ((CH3)2CIBr), which photolysis at 213 nm in the presence of O2 produces acetone oxide, (CH3)2COO. The results show that the thermal unimolecular reaction is even more important main loss process of (CH3)2COO in the atmosphere than direct kinetic studies have suggested hitherto. The current experiments show that the unimolecular reaction rate of (CH3)2COO at 296 K and atmospheric pressure is 899 ± 42 s-1. Probably more importantly, current measurements bring the direct and relative-rate measurements of thermal unimolecular reaction kinetics of (CH3)2COO into quantitative agreement.
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- Jari Peltola
- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55 (A.I. Virtasen aukio 1), Helsinki, FI-00014, Finland.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55 (A.I. Virtasen aukio 1), Helsinki, FI-00014, Finland.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55 (A.I. Virtasen aukio 1), Helsinki, FI-00014, Finland.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55 (A.I. Virtasen aukio 1), Helsinki, FI-00014, Finland.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55 (A.I. Virtasen aukio 1), Helsinki, FI-00014, Finland.
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Vereecken L, Novelli A, Kiendler-Scharr A, Wahner A. Unimolecular and water reactions of oxygenated and unsaturated Criegee intermediates under atmospheric conditions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:6428-6443. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cp05877k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ozonolysis of unsaturated hydrocarbons (VOCs) is one of the main oxidation processes in the atmosphere. The stabilized Criegee intermediates (SCI) formed are highly reactive oxygenated species that potentially influence the...
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Liu S, Zhou X, Chen Y, Liu Y, Yu S, Takahashi K, Ding H, Ding Z, Yang X, Dong W. Experimental and Computational Studies of Criegee Intermediate syn-CH 3CHOO Reaction with Hydrogen Chloride. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:8587-8594. [PMID: 34558283 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c05578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hydrogen chloride (HCl) contributes substantially to the atmospheric Cl; both species could affect the composition of Earth's atmosphere and the fate of pollutants. Here, we present the kinetics study for syn-CH3CHOO reaction with HCl using experimental measurement and theoretical calculations. The experiment was conducted in a flow tube reactor at a pressure of 10 Torr and temperatures ranging from 283 to 318 K by using the OH laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) method. Transition-state theory and quantum chemistry calculations with QCISD(T) were used to calculate the rate coefficients. Weak negative temperature dependence was observed with a measured activation energy of -(2.98 ± 0.12) kcal mol-1 and a calculated zero-point-corrected barrier energy of -3.29 kcal mol-1. At 298 K, the rate coefficient was measured to be (4.77 ± 0.95) × 10-11 cm3 s-1, which was in reasonable agreement with 2.2 × 10-11 cm3 s-1 from the theoretical calculation.
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- Siyue Liu
- Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion, and Electron Beams, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Physics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.,State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian 116023, China.,Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Ministry of Education), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.,Zhang Dayu School of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian 116023, China.,Key Laboratory of Chemical Lasers, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian 116023, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian 116023, China.,School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anyang Institute of Technology, Anyang 455000, China
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- Hangzhou Institute of Advanced Studies, Zhejiang Normal University, 1108 Gengwen Road, Hangzhou 311231, Zhejiang Province, P. R. China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion, and Electron Beams, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Physics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion, and Electron Beams, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Physics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian 116023, China.,Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian 116023, China
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Wang L, Wang L. The oxidation mechanism of gas-phase ozonolysis of limonene in the atmosphere. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:9294-9303. [PMID: 33885076 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp05803c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Limonene with endo- and exo-double bonds is a significant monoterpene in the atmosphere and has high reactivity towards O3. We investigated the atmospheric oxidation mechanism of limonene ozonolysis using a high level quantum chemistry calculation coupled with RRKM-ME kinetic simulation. The additions of O3 can take place at both the endo- and exo-double bonds with a branching ratio of 0.87 : 0.13, forming four major highly energized CIs* (named Syn-2a*, Syn-2b*, Anti-2b* and Anti-2c*) with the relative higher fractions of 0.21 : 0.35 : 0.27 : 0.11. A yield of 4% for Limona-ketone was obtained as well. For the unimolecular isomerization pathways of limonene + O3 → POZs → CIs* → SOZ, VHP, or dioxirane, five, one, or none of the internal rotations are treated as hindered internal rotors for CIs*. We obtained percentages of 0.59 : 0.18 : 0.14 in total for separate isomerization routes in the formation of VHPs, dioxirane and SOZs from CIs* using the fourth-order Runge-Kutta method. Additionally, a yield of ∼5% was acquired for stabilized CIs compiling the fractions of different addition routes. About ∼10% of stabilized Anti-2b would isomerize to VHP and 90% would isomerize to SOZs. Isomerization to VHPs dominates the fate of stabilized Syn-2a, Syn-2b and Anti-2c. The overall yield of OH radicals was 0.61. Our study suggested a yield of 0.17 for stabilized SOZs and 0.18 for dioxirane, although both their fates are ambiguous.
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- Lingyu Wang
- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, 381 Wushan Rd., Guangzhou, 510640, China.
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Surprisingly long lifetime of methacrolein oxide, an isoprene derived Criegee intermediate, under humid conditions. Commun Chem 2021; 4:12. [PMID: 36697547 PMCID: PMC9814537 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-021-00451-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Ozonolysis of isoprene, the most abundant alkene, produces three distinct Criegee intermediates (CIs): CH2OO, methyl vinyl ketone oxide (MVKO) and methacrolein oxide (MACRO). The oxidation of SO2 by CIs is a potential source of H2SO4, an important precursor of aerosols. Here we investigated the UV-visible spectroscopy and reaction kinetics of thermalized MACRO. An extremely fast reaction of anti-MACRO with SO2 has been found, kSO2 = (1.5 ± 0.4) × 10-10 cm3 s-1 (±1σ, σ is the standard deviation of the data) at 298 K (150 - 500 Torr), which is ca. 4 times the value for syn-MVKO. However, the reaction of anti-MACRO with water vapor has been observed to be quite slow with an effective rate coefficient of (9 ± 5) × 10-17 cm3 s-1 (±1σ) at 298 K (300 to 500 Torr), which is smaller than current literature values by 1 or 2 orders of magnitude. Our results indicate that anti-MACRO has an atmospheric lifetime (best estimate ca. 18 ms at 298 K and RH = 70%) much longer than previously thought (ca. 0.3 or 3 ms), resulting in a much higher steady-state concentration. Owing to larger reaction rate coefficient, the impact of anti-MACRO on the oxidation of atmospheric SO2 would be substantial, even more than that of syn-MVKO.
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Lin YH, Yang CH, Takahashi K, Lin JJM. Kinetics of Unimolecular Decay of Methyl Vinyl Ketone Oxide, an Isoprene-Derived Criegee Intermediate, under Atmospherically Relevant Conditions. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:9375-9381. [PMID: 33138375 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c07928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Isoprene is the most abundant unsaturated hydrocarbon in the atmosphere. Ozonolysis of isoprene produces methyl vinyl ketone oxide (MVKO), which may react with atmospheric SO2, formic acid, and other important species at substantial levels. In this study, we utilized ultraviolet absorption to monitor the unimolecular decay kinetics of syn-MVKO in real time at 278-319 K and 100-503 Torr. After removing the contributions of radical reactions and wall loss, the unimolecular decay rate coefficient of syn-MVKO was measured to be kuni = 70 ± 15 s-1 (1σ uncertainty) at 298 K with negligible pressure dependence. In addition, kuni increases from ca. 30 s-1 at 278 K to ca. 175 s-1 at 319 K with an effective Arrhenius activation energy of 8.3 ± 2.5 kcal mol-1, kuni(T) = (9.3 × 107)exp(-4200/T) s-1. Our results indicate that unimolecular decay is the major sink of MVKO in the troposphere. The data would improve the estimation for the steady-state concentrations of MVKO and thus its oxidizing ability.
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- Yen-Hsiu Lin
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.,Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Li Y, Lin C, Lin Y, Lin JJ. Temperature‐dependent kinetics of the simplest Criegee intermediate reaction with dimethyl sulfoxide. J CHIN CHEM SOC-TAIP 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/jccs.202000206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Yu‐Lin Li
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences Academia Sinica Taipei Taiwan
- Department of Chemistry National Taiwan University Taipei Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences Academia Sinica Taipei Taiwan
- Department of Physics National Taiwan University Taipei Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences Academia Sinica Taipei Taiwan
- Department of Chemistry National Taiwan University Taipei Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences Academia Sinica Taipei Taiwan
- Department of Chemistry National Taiwan University Taipei Taiwan
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Wang Z, Tong S, Chen M, Jing B, Li W, Guo Y, Ge M, Wang S. Study on ozonolysis of asymmetric alkenes with matrix isolation and FT-IR spectroscopy. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 252:126413. [PMID: 32197171 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Revised: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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O3 and alkenes are important reactants in the formation of SOA in the atmosphere. The intermediates and reaction mechanism of ozonation of alkene is an important topic in atmospheric chemistry. In this study, the low-temperature matrix isolation was used to capture the intermediates such as Primary ozonides (POZs), Criegee Intermediates (CIs), and Secondary ozonides (SOZs) generated from ozonation of 2-methyl-1-butene (2M1B) and 2-methyl-2-butene (2M2B). The results have been identified by the vacuum infrared spectroscopy and theoretical calculation. Our results show that during the ozonation of asymmetric alkenes, two kinds of CIs and more than two kinds of SOZs were generated due to the different decomposition modes of POZs. The infrared absorption peaks of (CH3)2COO and CH3CH2C(CH3)OO for O-O telescopic vibration was determined to be 889 cm-1 and 913 cm-1, respectively. Using the merged jet method, it was found that a large amount of HCHO was produced during the ozonation of 2M1B, and glyoxal and methylglyoxal were produced in the ozonation of 2M2B. Our findings highlight the importance of asymmetric alkene ozonolysis reactions in producing CIs, further improving the understanding of the generation of CIs from ozonation of alkenes.
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- Zhen Wang
- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, PR China; College of Chemistry and Material Science, The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China; Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, PR China
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Chhantyal-Pun R, Khan MAH, Taatjes CA, Percival CJ, Orr-Ewing AJ, Shallcross DE. Criegee intermediates: production, detection and reactivity. INT REV PHYS CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/0144235x.2020.1792104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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Du B, Zhang W. Theoretical Insight into the Reaction Mechanism and Kinetics for the Criegee Intermediate of anti-PhCHOO with SO2. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25133041. [PMID: 32635243 PMCID: PMC7412395 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25133041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2020] [Revised: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In this study, the density functional theory (DFT) and CCSD(T) method have been performed to gain insight into the possible products and detailed reaction mechanism of the Criegee intermediate (CI) of anti-PhCHOO with SO2 for the first time. The potential energy surfaces (PESs) have been depicted at the UCCSD(T)/6-311++G(d,p)//UB3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) levels of theory with ZPE correction. Two different five-membered ring adducts, viz., endo PhCHOOS(O)O (IM1) and exo PhCHOOS(O)O (IM2) have been found in the entrance of reaction channels. Both direct and indirect reaction pathways from IM1 and IM2 have been considered for the title reaction. Our calculations show that the formation of PhCHO+SO3 (P1) via indirect reaction pathways from IM1 is predominant in all the pathways, and the production of P1 via direct dissociation pathway of IM1 and indirect reaction pathways of IM2 cannot be neglected. Moreover, PhCOOH+SO2 (P2) initiated from IM2 is identified as the minor product. According to the kinetic calculation, the total rate constant for the anti-PhCHOO+SO2 reaction is estimated to be 6.98 × 10−10 cm3·molecule−1·s−1 at 298 K.
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- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-516-8340-3165; Fax: +86-516-8340-3164
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Direct kinetic measurements and theoretical predictions of an isoprene-derived Criegee intermediate. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:9733-9740. [PMID: 32321826 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1916711117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Isoprene has the highest emission into Earth's atmosphere of any nonmethane hydrocarbon. Atmospheric processing of alkenes, including isoprene, via ozonolysis leads to the formation of zwitterionic reactive intermediates, known as Criegee intermediates (CIs). Direct studies have revealed that reactions involving simple CIs can significantly impact the tropospheric oxidizing capacity, enhance particulate formation, and degrade local air quality. Methyl vinyl ketone oxide (MVK-oxide) is a four-carbon, asymmetric, resonance-stabilized CI, produced with 21 to 23% yield from isoprene ozonolysis, yet its reactivity has not been directly studied. We present direct kinetic measurements of MVK-oxide reactions with key atmospheric species using absorption spectroscopy. Direct UV-Vis absorption spectra from two independent flow cell experiments overlap with the molecular beam UV-Vis-depletion spectra reported recently [M. F. Vansco, B. Marchetti, M. I. Lester, J. Chem. Phys. 149, 44309 (2018)] but suggest different conformer distributions under jet-cooled and thermal conditions. Comparison of the experimental lifetime herein with theory indicates only the syn-conformers are observed; anti-conformers are calculated to be removed much more rapidly via unimolecular decay. We observe experimentally and predict theoretically fast reaction of syn-MVK-oxide with SO2 and formic acid, similar to smaller alkyl-substituted CIs, and by contrast, slow removal in the presence of water. We determine products through complementary multiplexed photoionization mass spectrometry, observing SO3 and identifying organic hydroperoxide formation from reaction with SO2 and formic acid, respectively. The tropospheric implications of these reactions are evaluated using a global chemistry and transport model.
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Barber VP, Hansen AS, Georgievskii Y, Klippenstein SJ, Lester MI. Experimental and theoretical studies of the doubly substituted methyl-ethyl Criegee intermediate: Infrared action spectroscopy and unimolecular decay to OH radical products. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:094301. [PMID: 33480748 DOI: 10.1063/5.0002422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The infrared (IR) action spectrum of the doubly substituted methyl-ethyl Criegee intermediate (MECI) is observed in the CH stretch overtone region with detection of OH products. The MECI exhibits four conformers, all of which undergo unimolecular decay via a 1,4 H-atom transfer mechanism, followed by the rapid release of OH products. Conformers with different orientations of the carbonyl oxide group with respect to the methyl and ethyl substituents (i.e., anti and syn) decay via distinct transition state barriers (16.1 kcal mol-1 and 15.4 kcal mol-1, respectively). The observed IR action spectrum is in good agreement with the predicted anharmonic IR absorption spectrum, but exhibits significant congestion, which is attributed to couplings between spectroscopic bright states and nearby dark states. Energy-dependent OH appearance rates are measured upon IR excitation of the strongest features in the IR action spectrum and are found to be on the order of 106-107 s-1. The experimental rates are in good agreement with computed Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus rates for the unimolecular decay of MECI at these energies, which incorporate quantum mechanical tunneling and sophisticated hindered rotor treatments, as well as high-level theoretical calculations of the TS barrier heights, rovibrational properties, and torsional barriers associated with the MECI conformers. Master equation modeling is used to predict thermal rates for the unimolecular decay of anti- and syn-MECI of 473 s-1 and 660 s-1, respectively. Comparison with other previously studied Criegee intermediate systems provides insights into substituent effects on unimolecular decay under both energy-dependent and thermal conditions.
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- Victoria P Barber
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, USA
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Kumar A, Kumar P. CO2 as an auto-catalyst for the oxidation of CO by a Criegee intermediate (CH2OO). Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:6975-6983. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00027b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The present work investigates the effect of CO2 on the CH2OO + CO reaction, employing the CCSD(T)/CBS//M06-2X/aug-cc-pVTZ level of theory.
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- Amit Kumar
- Department of Chemistry
- Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
- Jaipur
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
- Jaipur
- India
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Mir ZS, Lewis TR, Onel L, Blitz MA, Seakins PW, Stone D. CH2OO Criegee intermediate UV absorption cross-sections and kinetics of CH2OO + CH2OO and CH2OO + I as a function of pressure. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:9448-9459. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00988a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The UV absorption cross-sections of the Criegee intermediate CH2OO, and kinetics of the CH2OO self-reaction and the reaction of CH2OO with I are reported as a function of pressure at 298 K.
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- Zara S. Mir
- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, University of Leeds
- UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, University of Leeds
- UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, University of Leeds
- UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, University of Leeds
- UK
- National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds
- UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, University of Leeds
- UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, University of Leeds
- UK
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Stephenson TA, Lester MI. Unimolecular decay dynamics of Criegee intermediates: Energy-resolved rates, thermal rates, and their atmospheric impact. INT REV PHYS CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/0144235x.2020.1688530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Thomas A. Stephenson
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Zhou X, Liu Y, Dong W, Yang X. Unimolecular Reaction Rate Measurement of syn-CH 3CHOO. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:4817-4821. [PMID: 31382744 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b01740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The unimolecular reactions of Criegee intermediates (CIs) are thought to be one of the significant sources of atmospheric OH radicals. However, stark discrepancies exist in the unimolecular reaction rate of the methyl-substituted CI CH3CHOO, typically from ozonolysis of alkenes such as trans-2-butene, between the results of ozonolysis of alkene experiments and the up-to-date theoretical calculations. That no further progress has been made since the method that directly produces CIs in the laboratory was developed is mostly attributed to the existence of two conformers, syn- and anti-CH3CHOO, and the methodological limitations of sensitive conformer-specific detection. We report a conformer-specific measurement of the unimolecular reaction rate of syn-CH3CHOO by using a high-repetition-rate laser-induced fluorescence method. At 298 K, the observed value of 182 ± 66 s-1 is in good agreement with recent theoretical calculations.
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- Xiaohu Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals and Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering, School of Environmental Science & Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams (Ministry of Education), School of Physics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Huang C, Yang B, Zhang F. Calculation of the absolute photoionization cross-sections for C1-C4 Criegee intermediates and vinyl hydroperoxides. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:164305. [PMID: 31042918 DOI: 10.1063/1.5088408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Criegee Intermediates (CIs) and their isomer Vinyl Hydroperoxides (VHPs) are crucial intermediates in the ozonolysis of alkenes. To better understand the underlying chemistry of CIs and VHPs, progress has been made to detect and identify them by photoionization mass spectrometric experiments. Further reliable quantitative information about these elusive intermediates requires their photoionization cross sections. The present work systematically investigated the near-threshold absolute photoionization cross-sections for ten C1-C4 CIs and VHPs, i.e., formaldehyde oxide (CH2OO), acetaldehyde oxide (syn-/anti-CH3CHOO), acetone oxide ((CH3)2COO), syn-CH3-anti-(cis-CH=CH2)COO, syn-CH3-anti-(trans-CH=CH2)COO and vinyl hydroperoxide (CH2CHOOH), 2-hydroperoxypropene (CH2=C(CH3)OOH), syn-CH2 = anti-(cis-CH=CH2)-COOH, syn-CH2 = anti-(trans-CH=CH2)COOH. The adiabatic ionization energies (AIEs) were calculated at the DLPNO-CCSD(T)/CBS level with uncertainties of less than 0.05 eV. The calculated AIEs for C1-C4 CIs and VHPs vary from 8.75 to 10.0 eV with the AIEs decreasing as the substitutions increase. Franck-Condon factors were calculated with the double Duschinsky approximation and the ionization spectra were obtained based on the calculated ionization energies. Pure electronic photoionization cross sections are calculated by the frozen-core Hartree-Fock (FCHF) approximation. The final determined absolute cross sections are around 4.5-6 Mb for the first and second ionization of CIs and 15-25 Mb for VHPs. It is found that the addition of a methyl group or an unsaturated vinyl substitution for the CIs does not substantially change the absolute value of their cross sections.
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- Can Huang
- Center for Combustion Energy and Key Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of MOE, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Combustion Energy and Key Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of MOE, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, People's Republic of China
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Wang L, Liu Y, Wang L. Ozonolysis of 3-carene in the atmosphere. Formation mechanism of hydroxyl radical and secondary ozonides. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:8081-8091. [PMID: 30932098 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp07195k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The gas-phase ozonolysis mechanism of 3-carene is investigated using high level quantum chemistry and kinetic calculations. The reaction follows the Criegee mechanism with an initial addition of O3 to the [double bond splayed left]C[double bond, length as m-dash]C[double bond splayed right] bond, followed by a chain of unimolecular isomerizations, as 3-carene + O3→ POZs (primary ozonides) → CIs (Criegee intermediates, 4 conformers) → Ps (products). In the course of the reaction, a large excess of energy retained in the POZs* lead to the prompt unimolecular processes in POZs*, CIs*, and Ps*, and only ∼4% of CIs* could be stabilized by collision at 298 K and 760 Torr. From RRKM-ME calculations, the VHPs* could further dissociate to vinoxy-type radical and OH radical, the SOZs* could isomerize to 3-caronic acid, and DIOs* could be stabilized via collision. The fractional yield of OH radical, in the range of 0.56 to 0.59, agrees reasonably well with the previously measured value of 1.06 (with an uncertainty factor of 1.5).
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- Lingyu Wang
- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China.
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Shan X, Burd TAH, Clary DC. New Developments in Semiclassical Transition-State Theory. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:4639-4657. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b01987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Xiao Shan
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom
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Winter P, Richardson JO. Divide-and-Conquer Method for Instanton Rate Theory. J Chem Theory Comput 2019; 15:2816-2825. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.8b01267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Pierre Winter
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Aroeira GJR, Abbott AS, Elliott SN, Turney JM, Schaefer HF. The addition of methanol to Criegee intermediates. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:17760-17771. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03480c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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High level ab initio methods are employed to study the addition of methanol to the simplest Criegee intermediates and its methylated analogue. Kinetic rate constants over a range of temperatures are computed and compared to experimental results.
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- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry
- University of Georgia
- Athens
- USA
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- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry
- University of Georgia
- Athens
- USA
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- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry
- University of Georgia
- Athens
- USA
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- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry
- University of Georgia
- Athens
- USA
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Chhantyal-Pun R, Shannon RJ, Tew DP, Caravan RL, Duchi M, Wong C, Ingham A, Feldman C, McGillen MR, Khan MAH, Antonov IO, Rotavera B, Ramasesha K, Osborn DL, Taatjes CA, Percival CJ, Shallcross DE, Orr-Ewing AJ. Experimental and computational studies of Criegee intermediate reactions with NH3 and CH3NH2. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:14042-14052. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp06810k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The significance of removal of atmospheric ammonia and amines by reaction with Criegee intermediates is assessed by kinetic studies.
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Watson NAI, Black JA, Stonelake TM, Knowles PJ, Beames JM. An Extended Computational Study of Criegee Intermediate-Alcohol Reactions. J Phys Chem A 2018; 123:218-229. [PMID: 30507197 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b09349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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High-level ab initio calculations (DF-LCCSD(T)-F12a//B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ) are performed on a range of stabilized Criegee intermediate (sCI)-alcohol reactions, computing reaction coordinate energies, leading to the formation of α-alkoxyalkyl hydroperoxides (AAAHs). These potential energy surfaces are used to model bimolecular reaction kinetics over a range of temperatures. The calculations performed in this work reproduce the complicated temperature-dependent reaction rates of CH2OO and (CH3)2COO with methanol, which have previously been experimentally determined. This methodology is then extended to compute reaction rates of 22 different Criegee intermediates with methanol, including several intermediates derived from isoprene ozonolysis. In some cases, sCI-alcohol reaction rates approach those of sCI-(H2O)2. This suggests that in regions with elevated alcohol concentrations, such as urban Brazil, these reactions may generate significant quantities of AAAHs and may begin to compete with sCI reactions with other trace tropospheric pollutants such as SO2. This work also demonstrates the ability of alcohols to catalyze the 1,4-H transfer unimolecular decomposition of α-methyl substituted sCIs.
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- Nathan A I Watson
- School of Chemistry , Cardiff University , Main Building, Park Pl , Cardiff CF10 3AT , United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry , Cardiff University , Main Building, Park Pl , Cardiff CF10 3AT , United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry , Cardiff University , Main Building, Park Pl , Cardiff CF10 3AT , United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry , Cardiff University , Main Building, Park Pl , Cardiff CF10 3AT , United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry , Cardiff University , Main Building, Park Pl , Cardiff CF10 3AT , United Kingdom
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Chang YP, Li YL, Liu ML, Ou TC, Lin JJM. Absolute Infrared Absorption Cross Section of the Simplest Criegee Intermediate Near 1285.7 cm -1. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:8874-8881. [PMID: 30351942 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b06759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The ν4 fundamental of the simplest Criegee intermediate, CH2OO, has been monitored with high-resolution infrared (IR) transient absorption spectroscopy under total pressures of 4-94 Torr. This IR spectrum provides an unambiguous identification of CH2OO and is potentially useful to determine the number density of CH2OO in various laboratory studies. Here we utilized an ultraviolet (UV) and IR coupled spectrometer to measure the UV and IR absorption spectra of CH2OO simultaneously; the absolute IR cross section can then be determined by using a known UV cross section. Due to significant pressure broadening in the studied pressure range, we integrated the IR absorption spectra between 1285.2 and 1286.4 cm-1 (covering the Q branch), and then we converted this integrated absorbance to the absolute integral IR cross section of CH2OO (for the Q branch); its absolute value is (3.7 ± 0.6) × 10-19 cm·molecule-1 or 2.2 ± 0.4 km·mol-1. The whole rotational band (P, Q, and R branches) can be adequately simulated by using the precise spectroscopic parameters from the literature, yielding the absolute integral IR cross section (full ν4 band) to be 19.2 ± 3.5 km·mol-1. For a practical detection of CH2OO, this work also reports the peak cross section as a function of total pressure (4-94 Torr O2). At low pressure (≤4 Torr), where the pressure broadening is insignificant, the absorption cross section of the highest peak is (6.2 ± 0.9) × 10-18 cm2·molecule-1 (at the system line width of 0.004 cm-1 fwhm).
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- Yuan-Pin Chang
- Department of Chemistry , National Sun Yat-sen University , Kaohsiung 80424 , Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences , Academia Sinica , Taipei 10617 , Taiwan.,Department of Chemistry , National Taiwan University , Taipei 10617 , Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences , Academia Sinica , Taipei 10617 , Taiwan.,Air Quality Control, Solid Waste and Waste Water Process Engineering , Universität Stuttgart , Stuttgart 70569 , Germany
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences , Academia Sinica , Taipei 10617 , Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences , Academia Sinica , Taipei 10617 , Taiwan.,Department of Chemistry , National Taiwan University , Taipei 10617 , Taiwan
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Stone D, Au K, Sime S, Medeiros DJ, Blitz M, Seakins PW, Decker Z, Sheps L. Unimolecular decomposition kinetics of the stabilised Criegee intermediates CH 2OO and CD 2OO. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:24940-24954. [PMID: 30238099 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp05332d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Decomposition kinetics of stabilised CH2OO and CD2OO Criegee intermediates have been investigated as a function of temperature (450-650 K) and pressure (2-350 Torr) using flash photolysis coupled with time-resolved cavity-enhanced broadband UV absorption spectroscopy. Decomposition of CD2OO was observed to be faster than CH2OO under equivalent conditions. Production of OH radicals following CH2OO decomposition was also monitored using flash photolysis with laser-induced fluorescence (LIF), with results indicating direct production of OH in the v = 0 and v = 1 states in low yields. Master equation calculations performed using the Master Equation Solver for Multi-Energy well Reactions (MESMER) enabled fitting of the barriers for the decomposition of CH2OO and CD2OO to the experimental data. Parameterisations of the decomposition rate coefficients, calculated by MESMER, are provided for use in atmospheric models and implications of the results are discussed. For CH2OO, the MESMER fits require an increase in the calculated barrier height from 78.2 kJ mol-1 to 81.8 kJ mol-1 using a temperature-dependent exponential down model for collisional energy transfer with ΔEdown = 32.6(T/298 K)1.7 cm-1 in He. The low- and high-pressure limit rate coefficients are k1,0 = 3.2 × 10-4(T/298)-5.81exp(-12 770/T) cm3 s-1 and k1,∞ = 1.4 × 1013(T/298)0.06exp(-10 010/T) s-1, with median uncertainty of ∼12% over the range of experimental conditions used here. Extrapolation to atmospheric conditions yields k1(298 K, 760 Torr) = 1.1+1.5-1.1 × 10-3 s-1. For CD2OO, MESMER calculations result in ΔEdown = 39.6(T/298 K)1.3 cm-1 in He and a small decrease in the calculated barrier to decomposition from 81.0 kJ mol-1 to 80.1 kJ mol-1. The fitted rate coefficients for CD2OO are k2,0 = 5.2 × 10-5(T/298)-5.28exp(-11 610/T) cm3 s-1 and k2,∞ = 1.2 × 1013(T/298)0.06exp(-9800/T) s-1, with overall error of ∼6% over the present range of temperature and pressure. The extrapolated k2(298 K, 760 Torr) = 5.5+9.2-5.5 × 10-3 s-1. The master equation calculations for CH2OO indicate decomposition yields of 63.7% for H2 + CO2, 36.0% for H2O + CO and 0.3% for OH + HCO with no significant dependence on temperature between 400 and 1200 K or pressure between 1 and 3000 Torr.
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- Daniel Stone
- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94551, USA.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94551, USA.
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94551, USA.
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Cabezas C, Guillemin JC, Endo Y. Conformational preferences of Criegee intermediates: Isopropyl substituted carbonyl oxide. J Chem Phys 2018; 149:084309. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5045768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Carlos Cabezas
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Science Building II, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hsueh Rd., Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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- Univ Rennes, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes, CNRS, ISCR—UMR6226, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Science Building II, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hsueh Rd., Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
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Luo PL, Endo Y, Lee YP. Identification and Self-Reaction Kinetics of Criegee Intermediates syn-CH 3CHOO and CH 2OO via High-Resolution Infrared Spectra with a Quantum-Cascade Laser. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:4391-4395. [PMID: 30024766 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The Criegee intermediates, carbonyl oxides produced in ozonolysis of unsaturated hydrocarbons, play important roles in atmospheric chemistry. The two conformers of CH3CHOO exhibit distinct reactivity toward several atmospheric species, but a distinct conformer-specific probe is challenging because ultraviolet and infrared absorption bands of syn- and anti-CH3CHOO overlap at low-resolution. Employing a quantum-cascade laser and a Herriott cell, we recorded the O-O stretching bands of CH2OO and syn-CH3CHOO in region 880-932 cm-1 at resolution 0.0015 cm-1. In addition to completely resolved vibration-rotational lines of CH2OO extending over 50 cm-1, some spectral lines associated with hot bands were identified. Spectral lines solely due to syn-CH3CHOO were also identified. Probing these lines, we determined the rate coefficient for the self-reaction of syn-CH3CHOO to be kself = (1.6 ± 0.60.5) × 10-10 cm3 molecule-1 s-1, about twice that of CH2OO.
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- Pei-Ling Luo
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science , National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu 30010 , Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science , National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu 30010 , Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Science , National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu 30010 , Taiwan
- Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science , National Chiao Tung University , Hsinchu 30010 , Taiwan
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences , Academia Sinica , Taipei 10617 , Taiwan
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Heine N, Arata C, Goldstein AH, Houle FA, Wilson KR. Multiphase Mechanism for the Production of Sulfuric Acid from SO 2 by Criegee Intermediates Formed During the Heterogeneous Reaction of Ozone with Squalene. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:3504-3510. [PMID: 29883127 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Here we report a new multiphase reaction mechanism by which Criegee intermediates (CIs), formed by ozone reactions at an alkene surface, convert SO2 to SO3 to produce sulfuric acid, a precursor for new particle formation (NPF). During the heterogeneous ozone reaction, in the presence of 220 ppb SO2, an unsaturated aerosol (squalene) undergoes rapid chemical erosion, which is accompanied by NPF. A kinetic model predicts that the mechanism for chemical erosion and NPF originate from a common elementary step (CI + SO2) that produces both gas phase SO3 and small ketones. At low relative humidity (RH = 5%), 20% of the aerosol mass is lost, with 17% of the ozone-surface reactions producing SO3. At RH = 60%, the aerosol shrinks by 30%, and the yield of SO3 is <5%. This multiphase formation mechanism of H2SO4 by CIs is discussed in the context of indoor air quality and atmospheric chemistry.
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- Nadja Heine
- Chemical Sciences Division , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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Long B, Bao JL, Truhlar DG. Unimolecular reaction of acetone oxide and its reaction with water in the atmosphere. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:6135-6140. [PMID: 29844185 PMCID: PMC6004451 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1804453115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Criegee intermediates (i.e., carbonyl oxides with two radical sites) are known to be important atmospheric reagents; however, our knowledge of their reaction kinetics is still limited. Although experimental methods have been developed to directly measure the reaction rate constants of stabilized Criegee intermediates, the experimental results cover limited temperature ranges and do not completely agree well with one another. Here we investigate the unimolecular reaction of acetone oxide [(CH3)2COO] and its bimolecular reaction with H2O to obtain rate constants with quantitative accuracy comparable to experimental accuracy. We do this by using CCSDT(Q)/CBS//CCSD(T)-F12a/DZ-F12 benchmark results to select and validate exchange-correlation functionals, which are then used for direct dynamics calculations by variational transition state theory with small-curvature tunneling and torsional and high-frequency anharmonicity. We find that tunneling is very significant in the unimolecular reaction of (CH3)2COO and its bimolecular reaction with H2O. We show that the atmospheric lifetimes of (CH3)2COO depend on temperature and that the unimolecular reaction of (CH3)2COO is the dominant decay mode above 240 K, while the (CH3)2COO + SO2 reaction can compete with the corresponding unimolecular reaction below 240 K when the SO2 concentration is 9 × 1010 molecules per cubic centimeter. We also find that experimental results may not be sufficiently accurate for the unimolecular reaction of (CH3)2COO above 310 K. Not only does the present investigation provide insights into the decay of (CH3)2COO in the atmosphere, but it also provides an illustration of how to use theoretical methods to predict quantitative rate constants of medium-sized Criegee intermediates.
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- Bo Long
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Guizhou Minzu University, 550025 Guiyang, China;
- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0431
- Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0431
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0431
- Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0431
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0431;
- Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0431
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Lester MI, Klippenstein SJ. Unimolecular Decay of Criegee Intermediates to OH Radical Products: Prompt and Thermal Decay Processes. Acc Chem Res 2018; 51:978-985. [PMID: 29613756 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.8b00077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Alkene ozonolysis is a primary oxidation pathway for anthropogenic and biogenic alkenes emitted into the troposphere. It is also an important source of atmospheric hydroxyl (OH) radicals, often called the atmosphere's detergent. Alkene ozonolysis takes place through a highly exothermic reaction pathway with multiple intermediates and barriers prior to releasing the OH radical products. This Account focuses on a key reaction intermediate with a carbonyl oxide functional group (-COO), known as the Criegee intermediate, which is formed along with a carbonyl coproduct in alkene ozonolysis reactions. Under atmospheric conditions, the initially energized Criegee intermediates may promptly decay to OH products or be collisionally stabilized prior to thermal decay to OH radicals and other products. Alternatively, the stabilized Criegee intermediates may undergo bimolecular reactions with atmospheric species, including water vapor and sulfur dioxide, which can lead to nucleation and growth of aerosols. The dimethyl-substituted Criegee intermediate, (CH3)2COO, is utilized in this Account to showcase recent efforts to experimentally measure and theoretically predict the rates for prompt and thermal unimolecular decay processes of prototypical Criegee intermediates under laboratory and atmospheric conditions. The experimental laboratory studies utilize an alternative synthesis method to efficiently generate Criegee intermediates via the reaction of iodoalkyl radicals with O2. Infrared excitation is then used to prepare the (CH3)2COO Criegee intermediates at specific energies in the vicinity of the transition state barrier or significantly below the barrier for 1,4-hydrogen transfer that leads to OH products. The rate of unimolecular decay is revealed through direct time-domain measurements of the appearance of OH products utilizing ultraviolet laser-induced fluorescence detection under collision-free conditions. Complementary high-level theoretical calculations are carried out to evaluate the transition state barrier and the energy-dependent unimolecular decay rates for (CH3)2COO using Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus (RRKM) theory, which are in excellent accord with the experimental measurements. Quantum mechanical tunneling through the barrier, incorporated through Eckart and semiclassical transition state theory models, is shown to make a significant contribution to the unimolecular decay rates at energies in the vicinity of and much below the barrier. Master equation modeling is used to extend the energy-dependent unimolecular rates to thermal decay rates of (CH3)2COO under tropospheric conditions (high pressure limit), which agree well with recent laboratory measurements [ Smith et al. J. Phys. Chem. A 2016 , 120 , 4789 and Chhantyal-Pun et al. J. Phys. Chem. A 2017 , 121 , 4 - 15 ]. Again, tunneling is shown to enhance the thermal decay rate by orders of magnitude. The experimentally validated unimolecular rates are also utilized in modeling the prompt and thermal unimolecular decay of chemically activated (CH3)2COO formed upon ozonolysis of 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene under atmospheric conditions [ Drozd et al. J. Phys. Chem. A 2017 , 121 , 6036 - 6045 ]. Future challenges lie in extension of these spectroscopic and dynamical methods to Criegee intermediates derived from more complex ozonolysis reactions involving biogenic alkenes.
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- Marsha I. Lester
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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Deng P, Wang L, Wang L. Mechanism of Gas-Phase Ozonolysis of β-Myrcene in the Atmosphere. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:3013-3020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b00983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Peng Deng
- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Jr-Min Lin J, Chao W. Structure-dependent reactivity of Criegee intermediates studied with spectroscopic methods. Chem Soc Rev 2018; 46:7483-7497. [PMID: 28840926 DOI: 10.1039/c7cs00336f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Criegee intermediates are very reactive carbonyl oxides that are formed in reactions of unsaturated hydrocarbons with ozone (ozonolysis). Recently, Criegee intermediates have gained significant attention since a new preparation method has been reported in 2012, which employs the reaction of iodoalkyl radical with molecular oxygen: for instance, CH2I + O2 → CH2OO + I. This new synthesis route can produce Criegee intermediates with a high number density, which allows direct detection of the Criegee intermediate via various spectroscopic tools, including vacuum UV photoionization mass spectrometry, absorption and action spectroscopy in the UV and IR regions, and microwave spectroscopy. Criegee intermediates have been thought to play important roles in atmospheric chemistry, such as in OH radical formation as well as oxidation of atmospheric gases such as SO2, NO2, volatile organic compounds, organic and inorganic acids, and even water. These reactions are relevant to acid rain and aerosol formation. Kinetics data including rate coefficients, product yields and their temperature and pressure dependences are important for understanding and modeling relevant atmospheric chemistry. In fundamental physical chemistry, Criegee intermediates have unique and interesting features, which have been partially revealed through spectroscopic, kinetic, and dynamic investigations. Although previous review articles have discussed Criegee intermediates, new data and knowledge on Criegee intermediates are still being accumulated. In this tutorial review, we have focused on structure-dependent reactivity of Criegee intermediates and various spectroscopic tools that have been utilized to probe the kinetics of Criegee intermediates.
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- Jim Jr-Min Lin
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
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Khan MAH, Percival CJ, Caravan RL, Taatjes CA, Shallcross DE. Criegee intermediates and their impacts on the troposphere. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. PROCESSES & IMPACTS 2018; 20:437-453. [PMID: 29480909 DOI: 10.1039/c7em00585g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Criegee intermediates (CIs), carbonyl oxides formed in ozonolysis of alkenes, play key roles in the troposphere. The decomposition of CIs can be a significant source of OH to the tropospheric oxidation cycle especially during nighttime and winter months. A variety of model-measurement studies have estimated surface-level stabilized Criegee intermediate (sCI) concentrations on the order of 1 × 104 cm-3 to 1 × 105 cm-3, which makes a non-negligible contribution to the oxidising capacity in the terrestrial boundary layer. The reactions of sCI with the water monomer and the water dimer have been found to be the most important bimolecular reactions to the tropospheric sCI loss rate, at least for the smallest carbonyl oxides; the products from these reactions (e.g. hydroxymethyl hydroperoxide, HMHP) are also of importance to the atmospheric oxidation cycle. The sCI can oxidise SO2 to form SO3, which can go on to form a significant amount of H2SO4 which is a key atmospheric nucleation species and therefore vital to the formation of clouds. The sCI can also react with carboxylic acids, carbonyl compounds, alcohols, peroxy radicals and hydroperoxides, and the products of these reactions are likely to be highly oxygenated species, with low vapour pressures, that can lead to nucleation and SOA formation over terrestrial regions.
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- M A H Khan
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK.
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Mailstop 9055, Livermore, California, 94551 USA
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Mailstop 9055, Livermore, California, 94551 USA
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK.
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Kuwata KT, Luu L, Weberg AB, Huang K, Parsons AJ, Peebles LA, Rackstraw NB, Kim MJ. Quantum Chemical and Statistical Rate Theory Studies of the Vinyl Hydroperoxides Formed in trans-2-Butene and 2,3-Dimethyl-2-butene Ozonolysis. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:2485-2502. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b00287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Keith T. Kuwata
- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, United States
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Vereecken L, Novelli A, Taraborrelli D. Unimolecular decay strongly limits the atmospheric impact of Criegee intermediates. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 19:31599-31612. [PMID: 29182168 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp05541b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Stabilized Criegee intermediates (SCI) are reactive oxygenated species formed in the ozonolysis of hydrocarbons. Their chemistry could influence the oxidative capacity of the atmosphere by affecting the HOx and NOx cycles, or by the formation of low-volatility oxygenates enhancing atmospheric aerosols known to have an important impact on climate. The concentration of SCI in the atmosphere has hitherto not been determined reliably, and very little is known about their speciation. Here we show that the concentration of biogenic SCI is strongly limited by their unimolecular decay, based on extensive theory-based structure-activity relationships (SARs) for the reaction rates for decomposition. Reaction with water vapor, H2O and (H2O)2 molecules, is the second most important loss process; SARs are also proposed for these reactions. For SCI derived from the most common biogenic VOCs, we find that unimolecular decay is responsible for just over half of the loss, with reaction with water vapor the main remaining loss process. Reactions with SO2, NO2, or acids have negligible impact on the atmospheric SCI concentration. The ambient SCI concentrations are further characterized by analysis of field data with speciated hydrocarbon information, and by implementation of the chemistry in a global chemistry model. The results show a highly complex SCI speciation, with an atmospheric peak SCI concentrations below 1 × 105 molecule cm-3, and annual average SCI concentrations less than 7 × 103 molecule cm-3. We find that SCI have only a negligible impact on the global gas phase H2SO4 formation or removal of oxygenates, though some contribution around the equatorial belt, and in select regions, cannot be excluded.
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- L Vereecken
- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute for Energy and Climate, IEK-8 Troposphere, 52428 Jülich, Germany.
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Liu Y, Yin C, Smith MC, Liu S, Chen M, Zhou X, Xiao C, Dai D, Lin JJM, Takahashi K, Dong W, Yang X. Kinetics of the reaction of the simplest Criegee intermediate with ammonia: a combination of experiment and theory. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:29669-29676. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp05920a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The negative temperature dependence of the rate coefficient for CH2OO + NH3 reaction was observed using an OH laser-induced fluorescence method.
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- Yiqiang Liu
- Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams (Ministry of Education), School of Physics, Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian
- P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dalian
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Science, Academia Sinica
- Taipei 10617
- Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Science, Academia Sinica
- Taipei 10617
- Taiwan
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams (Ministry of Education), School of Physics, Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian
- P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dalian
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams (Ministry of Education), School of Physics, Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dalian
- China
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals and Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering, School of Environmental Science & Technology, Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dalian
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dalian
- China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Science, Academia Sinica
- Taipei 10617
- Taiwan
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University
- Taipei 10617
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Science, Academia Sinica
- Taipei 10617
- Taiwan
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dalian
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Dalian
- China
- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Road, Guangdong
- Shenzhen
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