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Eoin Collins, John Wenger and Howard Sidebottom

Abstract

Kinetic and Mechanistic Studies on the Cl Atom Initiated Oxidation and A contribution to subproject CMD Eoin Collins, John Wenger and Howard Sidebottom Chemistry Department, University College Dublin, Ireland Introduction Ethers represent important classes of organic compounds due to their wide use as solvents in industry. The use of these volatile organic compounds makes their emission into the atmosphere an important issue since their atmospheric oxidation may affect tropospheric ozone levels and also lead to the formation of other secondary pollutants. The purpose of this work was to investigate the Cl atom initiated oxidation of two difunctional ethers, 1,2-diethoxy ethane (CsHsOCsRtOCaHs) and diethoxy methane ^HsOCHbC^Hs), in the presence of NO% The rate constants for the reaction of both ethers with Cl were also determined using the relative rate technique. Experimental Experiments w

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