Articles | Volume 21, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-13537-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-13537-2021
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10 Sep 2021
Research article |  | 10 Sep 2021

Reactions of NO3 with aromatic aldehydes: gas-phase kinetics and insights into the mechanism of the reaction

Yangang Ren, Li Zhou, Abdelwahid Mellouki, Véronique Daële, Mahmoud Idir, Steven S. Brown, Branko Ruscic, Robert S. Paton, Max R. McGillen, and A. R. Ravishankara

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Aromatic aldehydes are a family of compounds emitted into the atmosphere from both anthropogenic and biogenic sources that are formed from the degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons. Their atmospheric degradation may impact air quality. We report on their atmospheric degradation through reaction with NO3, which is useful to estimate their atmospheric lifetimes. We have also attempted to elucidate the mechanism of these reactions via studies of isotopic substitution and quantum chemistry.
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