Articles | Volume 20, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-9563-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-9563-2020
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14 Aug 2020
Research article |  | 14 Aug 2020

Oxygenated products formed from OH-initiated reactions of trimethylbenzene: autoxidation and accretion

Yuwei Wang, Archit Mehra, Jordan E. Krechmer, Gan Yang, Xiaoyu Hu, Yiqun Lu, Andrew Lambe, Manjula Canagaratna, Jianmin Chen, Douglas Worsnop, Hugh Coe, and Lin Wang

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A series of OH-initiated oxidation experiments of trimethylbenzene were investigated in the absence and presence of NOx. Many C9 products with 1–11 oxygen atoms and C18 products presumably formed from dimerization of C9 peroxy radicals were observed, hinting at the extensive existence of autoxidation and accretion reaction pathways. The presence of NOx would suppress the formation of highly oxygenated C18 molecules and enhance the formation of organonitrates and even dinitrate compounds.
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