Author(s)

Mary Gurrie, Jack Treacy and Howard Sidebottom

Abstract

Development of a Structure Activity Relationship for the Gas-Phase Reactions of Ozone with Monoterpenes A contribution to subproject CMD Mary Gurrie\ Jack Treacy* and Howard Sidebottom^ * School of Chemistry, Dublin Institute of Technology, Kevin St, Dublin 8, Ireland ^Department of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland Introduction Forests emit large amounts of complex organics into the atmosphere with isoprene and the monoterpenes being the most dominant. It is now generally accepted that these compounds may have a significant impact on the chemistry of the troposphere. For a number of terpenes, reaction with ozone is the dominant daytime loss process in the troposphere. The reactions of terpenes are known to contribute to tropospheric ozone formation and aerosol production and hence an accurate description of both rural and urban tropospheric chemistry requires a full understanding of their

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