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Mechanism for the reaction of CH/sub 2/OO with SO/sub 2/

Journal Article · · J. Phys. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100408a059· OSTI ID:5470583

The gas-phase reaction of CH/sub 2/OO produced by the reaction of ozone with ethylene was investigated. The pressure dependence of the yield of H/sub 2/SO/sub 4/ formed in the reaction of CH/sub 2/OO with SO/sub 2/ was studied in the pressure range of 10-1140 Torr. The H/sub 2/SO/sub 4/ yield (0.40 at the high-pressure limit) decreased as the total pressure decreased but did not fall to zero even at low pressure, which implies that stabilized ground-state CH/sub 2/OO species are formed at low pressure as a primary product. Vibrationally excited CH/sub 2/OO double dagger as well as another excited CH/sub 2/OO*, which does not suffer collisional stabilization even at the highest pressure studied, is also produced in the reaction. The formation ratio was obtained as CH/sub 2/OO:CH/sub 2/OO double dagger:CH/sub 2/OO *= 0.20:0.20:0.60. The ratio of the rate constant for collisional deactivation of CH/sub 2/OO with air to that for decomposition for CH/sub 2/OO double dagger was determined to be (1.0 +/- 0.9) x 10/sup -19/ cm/sup 3//molecule. As for the reaction mechanism for the reaction of CH/sub 2/OO with SO/sub 2/, the formation of adduct between CH/sub 2/OO and SO/sub 2/ was concluded. The adduct is proposed to react with another SO/sub 2/ molecule to produce HCHO and SO/sub 3/ or to decompose to HCOOH and SO/sub 2/ with the rate constant ratio of (4.9 +/- 2.0) x 10/sup -15/ cm/sup 3//molecule.

Research Organization:
National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba-gakuen, Japan
OSTI ID:
5470583
Journal Information:
J. Phys. Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Phys. Chem.; (United States) Vol. 90:17; ISSN JPCHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English