Reaction of the nitrate radical with some potential automotive fuel additives A kinetic and mechanistic study

Langer, S; Ljungstrom, E

HERO ID

2680

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Journal Article

Year

1994

Language

English

HERO ID 2680
In Press No
Year 1994
Title Reaction of the nitrate radical with some potential automotive fuel additives A kinetic and mechanistic study
Authors Langer, S; Ljungstrom, E
Journal Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Volume 98
Issue 23
Page Numbers 5906-5912
Abstract Rate coefficients for the reaction of NO3 with ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE), diisopropyl ether (DIPE), and tert-amyl methyl ether (TAME) have been determined. Absolute rates were measured at temperatures between 257 and 367 K using the fast flow-discharge (FFD) technique. Relative rate experiments were also performed at 295 K in a reactor equied with White optics and using FTIR spectroscopy to follow the reactions. Rate data from FFD experiments can be presented as follows: k(ETBE) = (2.48 +/- 0.78) X 10(-12) exp [-(1613 +/- 542)/T], k(DIPE) = (2.02 +/- 0.35) X 10(-12) exp [-(1759 +/- 301)/T], and k(TAME) = (1.21 +/- 0.22) X 10(-12) exp [-(1874 +/- 304)/T] (in units of cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1)). The rate coefficients at room temperature from the FFD experiments are in goad agreement with the corresponding rate coefficients from the relative rate experiments. Products from simulated atmospheric oxidation of the investigated ethers, initiated by the reaction with the nitrate radical, were identified using FTIR spectroscopy. The degradation of ETBE results in tert-butyl formate, tert-butyl acetate, formaldehyde, and methyl nitrate, that of DIPE in acetone, isopropyl nitrate, isopropyl acetate, and formaldehyde, and that of TAME in tert-amyl formate, formaldehyde, and tert-amyl nitrate.
Doi 10.1021/j100074a015
Wosid WOS:A1994NQ72500015
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Keyword TERTIARY BUTYL ETHER; GAS-PHASE REACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE; OH RADICALS; SERIES; NO3
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