2- methyl-3-butene ozone reaction

Grosjean, D. Gas phase reaction of ozone with 2-methyl-2-butene dicarbonyl formation from Criegee biradicals, Environ. ScL Technol, 24(9) 1428-1432, 1990. 

Another potential dark source of in the atmosphere, more particularly in the boundary layer, is from the reactions between ozone and alkenes. The ozonolysis of alkenes can lead to the direct production of the OH radical at varying yields (between 7 and 100%) depending on the structure of the alkene, normally accompanied by the co-production of an (organic) peroxy radical. As compared to both the reactions of OH and NO3 with alkenes the initial rate of the reaction of ozone with an alkene is relatively slow, this can be olfset under regimes where there are high concentrations of alkenes and/or ozone. For example, under typical rural conditions the atmospheric lifetimes for the reaction of ethene with OH, O3 and NO3 are 20 h, 9.7 days and 5.2 months, respectively in contrast, for the same reactants with 2-methyl-2-butene the atmospheric lifetimes are 2.0 h, 0.9 h and 0.09 h. 

These reactions proceed by initial ozone attack on the C = C bond of the olefin. An intermediate ozonide is formed, which rapidly decomposes to a carbonyl and a biradical. The biradical can be stabilized, or it can decompose. Paulson et al. (1991b) found the products methacrolein, methyl vinyl ketone, and propene, in yields of 68%, 25%, and 7%, respectively. Based on the presence of epoxides in the ozone/isoprene system, Paulson et al. concluded that 0(3P) was being formed. Calculations indicated that 0.45 0(3P) radicals were formed for every ozone/isoprene reaction. However, Atkinson et al. (1993) recently showed that the epoxides were formed directly from the reaction with ozone rather than the reaction with 0(3P). The epoxides formed were l,2-epoxy-2-methy 1-3-butene and l,2-epoxy-3-methyl-3-butene, in yields of 0.028 and 0.011, respectively. There was also definite evidence for the formation of OH radicals in the ozone system, thus causing difficulties in product analyses. Each ozone/isoprene reaction yielded 0.68 OH radicals (Paulson et al., 1991b). 

Room temperature rate constants and Arrhenius parameters for the gas-phase reactions of ozone with cw-2-butene, 2-methyl-2-butene and a number of cycloalkenes are shown in Table 1 together with the literature values. The rate coefficients for cw-2-butene and 2-methyl-2-butene are in excellent agreement with the data evaluation of Atkinson and Carter [3]. The reported room temperature rate constants for the reaction of ozone with cyclopentene and cyclohexene show a considerable degree of scatter. The present results for cyclopentene provide support for the recent determinations by Bennett et al [24], Nolting et al [25], and Green and Atkinson [21], while the value for cycloheptene is slightly lower than the reported values [20] and [25]. No previous kinetic studies have been carried out on the reactions of O3 with cw-cyclooctene and cw-cyclodecene. 

Carrasco, N., J.E. Doussin, M. O Connor, J.C. Wenger, B. Picquet-Varrault, R. Durand-Jolibois, and P. Carlier (2007a), Simulation chamber studies of the atmospheric oxidation of 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol reaction with hydroxyl radicals and ozone under a variety of conditions J. Atmos. Chem., 56, 33-55. 

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