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Title: O2-Dependence of reactions of 1,2-dimethoxyethanyl and 1,2-dimethoxyethanylperoxy isomers

Journal Article · · Combustion and Flame

Reaction mechanisms of Ṙ and ROȮ radicals derived from low-temperature oxidation of 1,2-dimethoxyethane (CH3O(CH2)2OCH3) were investigated using speciation from multiplexed photoionization mass spectrometry (MPIMS) measurements via Cl-initiated oxidation, in conjunction with electronic structure calculations. The experiments were conducted at 5 bar, from 450 K – 650 K, and O2 concentrations from 1 · 1014 cm–3 – 6 · 1018 cm–3 to probe the effects on competing reaction channels of 1,2-dimethoxyethanyl (Ṙ) and 1,2-dimethoxyethanylperoxy (ROȮ) isomers. Several species were detected with photoionization spectral fitting – ethene, formaldehyde, methyl vinyl ether, and 2-methoxyacetaldehyde – and, as determined by electronic structure calculations, may form via unimolecular decomposition of 1,2-dimethoxyethanyl or 1,2-dimethoxyethanylperoxy. O2-dependent yield ratios show that the formation pathways for all species undergo a competition between O2-addition and unimolecular decomposition. Here, adiabatic ionization energies were also calculated and utilized along with exact mass determinations to infer contributions for other species derived exclusively from first- and second-O2-addition, including 1,2-dimethoxyethene, cyclic ethers, and dicarbonyls.

Research Organization:
University of Georgia, Athens, GA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division (CSGB); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0021337; NA0003525; AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
2468636
Journal Information:
Combustion and Flame, Journal Name: Combustion and Flame Vol. 269; ISSN 0010-2180
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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