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in the oxidation of both 1-penten-3-ol and 2-methyl-3-buten-
2-ol (MBO)16 may indicate that OH addition to the side of the
CdC double bond adjacent to the hydroxy group is being
activated.
Measured and estimated rate coefficient data for reaction of
OH (this work), O3,14 and NO3 with 1-penten-3-ol and (Z)-2-
penten-1-ol are collected in Table 2. As no NO3 data are
available, these rate coefficients were based on data29,30 for NO3
reaction with 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol, but-1-en-3-ol, and allyl
alcohol. It is clear from the lifetime estimates in Table 2 that
reaction with OH will play a major role in the atmospheric
destruction of the pentenols (lifetimes 1-2 h), though reaction
with O3 will be competitive, particularly in the case of (Z)-2-
penten-1-ol. Reaction with NO3 may also play a significant role
in the nighttime chemistry of the pentenols. The major products
obtained in the OH-initiated oxidation of the pentenols are
all aldehydes (formaldehyde, glycolaldehyde, propanal, and
2-hydroxybutanal), and they will react with OH and photolyze
in the atmosphere with overall time constants of less than 1
day. The high reactivity of the parent pentenols and of their
major reaction products implies that large emissions of these
species will play a significant role in boundary layer ozone
production. Finally, we note that further oxidation of propanal
and possibly 2-hydroxybutanal will, in part, generate peroxy-
propionyl nitrate (PPN). The production of PPN from the
pentenols and hexenyl-type wound compounds8,31,32 may con-
tribute to recent observations of elevated PPN/PAN ratios in
rural air.32
Figure 6. Observed product concentrations (corrected for secondary
chemistry) as a function of (Z)-2-penten-1-ol consumption, in the
photolysis of CH3ONO/(Z)-2-penten-1-ol/NO/air mixtures at 700 Torr
total pressure, 298 K: open circles, glycolaldehyde; filled circles,
formaldehyde; filled triangles, propanal.
mechanism. As shown in Figure 5, OH addition to the C3 carbon
in (Z)-2-penten-1-ol could lead to either propanal and glycol-
aldehyde, or formaldehyde and 2-hydroxybutanal, while addition
at the C2 site would likely lead exclusively to the formation of
propanal and glycolaldehyde. As was the case for 1-penten-3-
ol, a minor contribution from abstraction (at the C1 site, leading
to 2-pentenal) cannot be excluded. Note that no isomerizations
via transition states containing six-membered rings are possible
from the oxy radicals generated in the (Z)-2-penten-1-ol system.
Acknowledgment. The National Center for Atmospheric
Research is operated by the University Corporation for Atmo-
spheric Research under the sponsorship of the National Science
Foundation. The authors would like to thank Ray Fall for many
helpful discussions regarding this work. We are also indebted
to Ray Fall, Thomas Karl, Roger Atkinson, and their co-workers
for communicating results prior to publication. Finally, thanks
are due to Julia Lee-Taylor and Chris Cantrell (NCAR) for their
comments on the manuscript.
Discussion and Conclusions
The atmospheric chemistry of allyl alcohol has recently been
studied by Papagni et al.24 Their value for the rate coefficient
of OH with allyl alcohol, k1 ) (5.5 ( 0.5) × 10-11 cm3
molecule-1 s-1, is consistent (within experimental uncertainties)
with our value, (4.5 ( 0.6) × 10-11 cm3 molecule-1 s-1
.
Although a full product study was not conducted by Papagni et
al.,24 they did observe acrolein in 5% yield, thus confirming
the existence of a minor abstraction channel. Previous studies
of k1 at elevated temperature conducted by Gordon and Mulac25
(k1 ) 2.6 × 10-11 cm3 molecule-1 s-1 at 440 K) are broadly
consistent with the room-temperature data (assuming a weak
negative temperature dependence for k1). However, we note that
Gordon and Mulac25 reported a positive temperature dependence
for the OH rate coefficient with a number of alkenes (albeit
over a limited temperature range). We are unaware of any
previous studies of the reaction of OH with either 1-penten-3-
ol or (Z)-2-penten-1-ol.
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