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Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation: Ozonolysis of Terpenes. George Marston , Yan Ma and Rachel Porter Department of Chemistry .
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Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation: Ozonolysis of Terpenes George Marston, Yan Ma and Rachel Porter Department of Chemistry
"The American Petroleum Institute filed suit against the EPA [and] charged that the agency was suppressing a scientific study for fear it might be misinterpreted. The suppressed study reveals that 80 percent of air pollution comes not from chimneys and auto exhaust pipes, but from plants and trees." ‘79 "A tree is a tree. How many more do you have to look at?" '66 "Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.” ‘88 Ronald Reagan
Background • The ozonolysis of alkenes is important for atmospheric chemistry: • Oxidation of VOCs • Generation of radicals • Generation of oxygenated products Secondary Organic Aerosol (SOA)
SOA Formation • Acid products from the ozonolysis of terpenes are components of SOA and may lead to particle formation • Health implications • SOA can have direct and indirect effects on climate change
Alkene Ozonolysis Criegee Intermediate
Terpenes -pinene -pinene 3-carene terpinolene
First step k1 (1 )k1
Aims • To develop mechanisms for acid formation in terpene ozonolysis • To model results to provide input of rate constants and branching ratios for the Master Chemical mechanism • To determine which channel (CI) gives rise to which product • To determine branching ratios for decomposition of primary ozonides • To compare product yields from different terpenes
Methodology Enone Enal
Experimental • Static reaction chamber coupled to gas chromatography / mass spectrometry / flame ionisation detection • Acid products trapped on filters and derivatised to methyl esters (BF3/Methanol) • Enal and enone synthesised from ozonolysis of a suitable terpene
Enone Results • Only Pinonic Acid and Norpinonic Acid are observed
3-Carene, Enone and Enal 3-carene Enal Enone
Mechanism +RO2 -pinene -H2CO +O2 -pinene
Pinalic-4-acid 92 % 8 % + Pinalic-3-acid Pinalic-4-acid
Terpinolene 93 % 7 % + Terpinolalic Acid (a) Terpinolalic Acid (b)
Hydroperoxide Formation 80 % 20 %
Hydroperoxide Formation ? favoured over ? Formation of hydroperoxide directly from quenching of nascent Criegee Intermediates?
Summary • Ring opening in -pinene and terpinolene • Intramolecular reactions • Hydroperoxide formation • Improvements in mechanisms • Uncertainties: • Some quantitative data, but more needed
Acknowledgements • Natural Environment Research Council • University of Reading • Dr Yan Ma • Dr David Johnson • Rachel Porter • Dr Andy Russell • Dr David Chappell • Tim Wilcox • Thomas Luciani