Kinetics and mechanisms of OH-initiated oxidation of small unsaturated alcohols.

Smog chamber relative rate techniques were used to measure rate coefficients of (5.00 ± 0.54) × 10^-11, (5.87 ± 0.63) × 10^-11, and (6.49 ± 0.82) × 10^-11 cm³ molecule^-1 s^-1 in 700 Torr air at 296 ± 1 K for reactions of OH radicals with allyl alcohol, 1-buten-3-ol, and 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol, respectively; the quoted uncertainties encompass the extremes of determinations using two different reference compounds. The OH-initiated oxidation of allyl alcohol in the presence of NO_x gives glycolaldehyde in a molar yield of 0.85 ± 0.08; the quoted uncertainty is two standard deviations. Oxidation of 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol gives acetone and glycolaldehyde in molar yields of 0.66 ± 0.06 and 0.56 ± 0.05, respectively. The reaction of OH radicals with allyl alcohol, 1-buten-3-ol, and 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol proceeds predominately via addition to the >C&dbond;CH₂ double bond with most of the addition occurring to the terminal carbon. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 42: 151–158, 2010 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]