Author(s)

Jennie Moriarty, John Wenger and Howard Sidebottom

Abstract

Kinetic Studies on the Reactions of Hydroxyl Radicals with Cyclic Ethers A contribution to subproject CMD Jennie Moriarty, John Wenger and Howard Sidebottom Chemistry Department, University College Dublin, Ireland Introduction Ethers are widely used as fuel additives and solvents, and some short chain ethers are being considered as alternatives to conventional automobile fuels. The effect of these species on tropospheric ozone and the formation of other secondary pollutants following release into the atmosphere is therefore of some concern (Porter et al, 19'97). The major fate of oxygenated organic compounds released into the atmosphere is reaction with hydroxyl radicals (Atkinson, 1989) and the rate at which compounds react with OH radicals can provide estimates of their atmospheric lifetimes. The purpose of this work is to determine rate coefficients for the reaction of OH radicals with a series of cyclic eth

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