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Wiley, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 18(53), p. 4547-4550, 2014

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201400964

Wiley, Angewandte Chemie, 18(126), p. 4635-4638

DOI: 10.1002/ange.201400964

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Rate Coefficients of C1 and C2 Criegee Intermediate Reactions with Formic and Acetic Acid Near the Collision Limit: Direct Kinetics Measurements and Atmospheric Implications**

Journal article published in 2014 by Oliver Welz, Arkke J. Eskola, Leonid Sheps, Brandon Rotavera, John D. Savee, Adam M. Scheer, David L. Osborn, Douglas Lowe ORCID, A. Murray Booth, A. Murray Booth, Ping Xiao, M. Anwar H. Khan, Carl J. Percival ORCID, Dudley E. Shallcross, M. Anwar H Khan and other authors.
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Abstract

Rate coefficients are directly determined for the reactions of the Criegee intermediates (CI) CH2 OO and CH3 CHOO with the two simplest carboxylic acids, formic acid (HCOOH) and acetic acid (CH3 COOH), employing two complementary techniques: multiplexed photoionization mass spectrometry and cavity-enhanced broadband ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy. The measured rate coefficients are in excess of 1×10(-10) cm(3) s(-1) , several orders of magnitude larger than those suggested from many previous alkene ozonolysis experiments and assumed in atmospheric modeling studies. These results suggest that the reaction with carboxylic acids is a substantially more important loss process for CIs than is presently assumed. Implementing these rate coefficients in global atmospheric models shows that reactions between CI and organic acids make a substantial contribution to removal of these acids in terrestrial equatorial areas and in other regions where high CI concentrations occur such as high northern latitudes, and implies that sources of acids in these areas are larger than previously recognized.