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Rate constants for the gas‐phase reactions of O 3 with a series of Terpenes and OH radical formation from the O 3 reactions with Sesquiterpenes at 296 ± 2 K
Author(s) -
Shu Yonghui,
Atkinson Roger
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
international journal of chemical kinetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.341
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1097-4601
pISSN - 0538-8066
DOI - 10.1002/kin.550261207
Subject(s) - chemistry , terpene , limonene , sesquiterpene , humulene , caryophyllene , reaction rate constant , organic chemistry , stereochemistry , kinetics , essential oil , chromatography , physics , quantum mechanics
Rate constants for the gas‐phase reactions of O 3 with the sesquiterpenes α‐cedrene, α‐copaene, β‐caryophyllene, α‐humulene, and longifolene, and with the monoterpenes limonene, terpinolene, α‐phellandrene, and α‐terpinene, have been measured using a relative rate technique at 296 ± 2 K and atmospheric pressure of air. The rate constants obtained (in units of 10 −17 cm 3 molecule −1 s −1 ) are: limonene, 20.1 ± 5.1; terpinolene, 188 ± 67; α‐phellandrene, 298 ± 105; α‐terpinene, 2110 ± 770; α‐cedrene, 2.78 ± 0.71; α‐copaene, 15.8 ± 5.6; β‐caryophyllene, 1160 ± 430; α‐humulene, 1170 ± 450; and longifolene, <0.07, where the indicated errors include the estimated overall uncertainties in the rate constants for the reference organics. Hydroxyl radical formation yields were also determined for the O 3 reactions with the sesquiterpenes, of 0.67 for α‐cedrene, 0.35 for α‐copaene, 0.06 for β‐caryophyllene, and 0.22 for α‐humulene, all with estimated overall uncertainties of a factor of ca. 1.5. The tropospheric lifetimes of the sesquiterpenes due to reaction with O 3 are calculated. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.