Product distribution and mechanism of the OH - initiated tropospheric degradation of three CFC replacement candidates: CH 3 CF[double bond, length as m-dash]CH 2 , (CF 3 ) 2 C[double bond, length as m-dash]CH 2 and ( E / Z )-CF 3 CF[double bond, length as m-dash]CHF.

The OH radical initiated photodegradation of 2-fluoropropene (CH ₃ CF[double bond, length as m-dash]CH ₂ ), 3,3,3-trifluoro-2-(tri-fluoromethyl)propene ((CF ₃ ) ₂ C[double bond, length as m-dash]CH ₂ ) and ( E / Z )-1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene (( E / Z )-CF ₃ CF[double bond, length as m-dash]CHF) has been investigated for the first time using a 1080 L quartz-glass environmental chamber at 298 ± 2 K and atmospheric pressure of synthetic air coupled with in situ FTIR spectroscopy to monitor reactants and products. The major products observed in the OH reaction were CH ₃ C(O)F (98 ± 5)% together with HC(O)H (89 ± 7)% as a co-product, CF ₃ C(O)F (103 ± 8)% together with HC(O)F (96 ± 7)% as a co-product and CF ₃ C(O)CF ₃ (91 ± 8)% together with HC(O)H (98 ± 12)% as a co-product from the C ₁ -C ₂ bond cleavage channel of the intermediate hydroxyalkoxy radical, formed by addition of OH to the terminal carbon of the double bond which is designated C ₁ of 2-fluoropropene, ( E / Z )-1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene and 3,3,3-trifluoro-2-(tri-fluoromethyl)propene, respectively. The present results are compared with previous studies for the reaction of OH with the separate isomers ( E ) and ( Z ) of 1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene. In addition, atmospheric implications of the reactions studied are discussed.
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