NO3 radical reaction with

Aldehydes are important constituents of atmospheric chemistry. We have already seen the role played by formaldehyde in the chemistry of the background troposphere. Aldehydes are formed in the atmosphere from the photochemical degradation of other organic compounds. Aldehydes undergo photolysis, reaction with OH radicals, and reaction with NO3 radicals. Reaction with N03 radicals is of relatively minor importance as a consumption process for aldehydes, thus the major loss processes involve photolysis and reaction with OH radicals. 

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Dlugokencky, E.J., and C.J. Howard (1989), Studies of NO3 radical reactions with some atmospheric organic componnds at low pressures, J. Phys. Chem., 93, 1091—1096. 

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