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Water Dramatically Accelerates the Decomposition of α-Hydroxyalkyl-Hydroperoxides in Aerosol Particles.
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The journal of physical chemistry letters [J Phys Chem Lett] 2019 Oct 03; Vol. 10 (19), pp. 5748-5755. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Sep 17. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- α-Hydroxyalkyl-hydroperoxides (α-HHs), from the addition of water to Criegee intermediates in the ozonolysis of olefins, are reactive components of organic aerosols. Assessing the fate of α-HHs in such media requires information on the rates and products of their reactions in aqueous organic matrixes. This information, however, is unavailable due to the lack of analytical techniques for the detection and identification of labile α-HHs. Here, we report the mass spectrometric detection (as Cl <superscript>-</superscript> adducts) of the α-HH produced in the ozonolysis of a C <subscript>15</subscript> diolefin in water (W):acetonitrile (AN) mixtures of variable composition containing inert NaCl. α-HH decays into a gem -diol + H <subscript>2</subscript> O <subscript>2</subscript> within τ <subscript>1/e</subscript> ≈ 52 min in 50% (v:v) water, but persists longer than a day in ≤10% water mixtures. The strong nonlinear dependence of τ <subscript>1/e</subscript> on solvent composition reveals that water content is a major factor controlling the fate of α-HHs in atmospheric particles. It also suggests that α-HH decomposes while embedded in W <subscript> n </subscript> AN <subscript> m </subscript> clusters rather than randomly dissolved in molecularly homogeneous W:AN mixtures.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1948-7185
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 19
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The journal of physical chemistry letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31498633
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b01953