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10.5194/acp-7-5873-2007

Atmospheric deuterium fractionation: HCHO and HCDO yields in the CH2DO + O2 reaction

Nilsson

E. J. K.

¹ Johnson

M. S.

¹ Taketani

² Matsumi

² Hurley

M. D.

³ Wallington

T. J.

Copenhagen Center for Atmospheric Research, Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory and Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University 3-13 Hohohara, Toyokawa, Aichi 442-8507, Japan

Research and Innovation Center, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn MI 48121-2053, USA

27 11 2007

7 22 5873 5881

2007

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The formation of formaldehyde via hydrogen atom transfer from the methoxy radical to molecular oxygen is a key step in the atmospheric photochemical oxidation of methane, and in the propagation of deuterium from methane to molecular hydrogen. We report the results of the first investigation of the branching ratio for HCHO and HCDO formation in the CH2DO + O2 reaction. Labeled methoxy radicals (CH2DO) were generated in a photochemical reactor by photolysis of CH2DONO. HCHO and HCDO concentrations were measured using FTIR spectroscopy. Significant deuterium enrichment was seen in the formaldehyde product, from which we derive a branching ratio of 88.2±1.1% for HCDO and 11.8±1.1% for HCHO. The implications of this fractionation on the propagation of deuterium in the atmosphere are discussed.

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