Author(s)

Sinead O'Donnell, John Wenger, Howard Sidebottom, Wahid Mellouki, Stephane Le Calve and Georges Le Bras

Abstract

A Kinetic Study on the Reactions of OH Radicals with Esters and Alkoxy Esters A contribution to subproject CMD Sinead O'Donnell*, John Wenger\ Howard Sidebottom*, o o o Wahid Mellouki, Stephane Le Calve and Georges Le Bras * Chemistry Department, University College, Dublin, Ireland ^LCSR-CNRS, Orleans, France Introduction Esters and alkoxy esters are the main atmospheric oxidation products of ethers and diethers, both of which are used as solvents and fuel additives. Reaction with the hydroxyl radical is the principal fate of these oxygenated compounds in the troposphere. In this study rate constants were determined for the reactions of the hydroxyl radical with a series of formates and alkoxy formates. Kinetic data was obtained by both absolute and relative methods, and average values were used to calculate the tropospheric l

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