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Kinetic study of the gas-phase reactions of hydroxyl radicals and chlorine atoms with cis-3-hexenylformate
Rodríguez, D.; Rodríguez, A.; Bravo, I.; Garzón, A.; Aranda, A.; Diaz-de-Mera, Y. & Notario, A.
Abstract
Recently, it has been demonstrated that grass
and cut grass are important sources of C6 esters’ emissions
into the atmosphere. The esters emitted as part of the
wound defense mechanisms are responsible for the smell of
freshly cut grass and are also highly photochemically
reactive. Thus, these grass emissions should be included in
models of urban photochemical pollution so that accurate
smog predictions can be obtained. In this work, we have
carried out a kinetic study of the gas-phase reactions of
chlorine atom and hydroxyl radical with cis-3-hexenylformate
(HCO2CH2CH2CH=CHC2H5) for the first time. This
was performed in a Teflon static reactor at room temperature
and atmospheric pressure of nitrogen or air using gas
chromatography with flame ionization detection. Kinetic
rate coefficients obtained for cis-3-hexenylformate were (in
units of cm3 molecule-1 s-1) (2.45 ± 0.30) × 10-10 and
(4.61 ± 0.71) × 10-11 for chlorine and hydroxyl radical
reactions, respectively. The reaction between the ester and
chlorine atoms is very fast, approaching the collisioncontrolled
regime; nevertheless, the rate constant for the
reaction with hydroxyl radical is lower. In addition, the rate
coefficients for the reactions of cis-3-hexenylformate with
different atmospheric reactive species were estimated
through a Quantitative Structure–Activity Relationship
model in which High Occupied Molecular Orbital energy
of the formate is used as a theoretical molecular descriptor.
Tropospheric lifetimes, based on the homogeneous sinks of
the cis-3-hexenylformate, are estimated from the kinetic
data obtained in the present work. The relatively short
atmospheric lifetimes of the ester indicate that the compound
will be oxidized near its anthropogenic origin
source.
Keywords
Atmospheric lifetimes; Chlorine atoms; Cis- 3-hexenylformate; Hydroxyl radicals; Rate coefficients; Smog chamber
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