Atmospheric Oxidation of Hydroperoxy Amides

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Recently, hydroperoxy amides were identified as major products of OH-initiated autoxidation of tertiary amines in the atmosphere. The formation mechanism is analogous to that found for ethers and sulfides but substantially faster. However, the atmospheric fate of the hydroperoxy amides remains unknown. Using high-level theoretical methods, we study the most likely OH-initiated oxidation pathways of the hydroperoxy and dihydroperoxy amides derived from trimethylamine autoxidation. Overall, we find that the OH-initiated oxidation of the hydroperoxy amides predominantly leads to the formation of imides under NO-dominated conditions and more highly oxidized hydroperoxy amides under HO2-dominated conditions. Unimolecular reactions are found to be surprisingly slow, likely due to the restricting, planar structure of the amide moiety.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of Physical Chemistry A
Vol/bind127
Udgave nummer44
Sider (fra-til)9311-9321
Antal sider11
ISSN1089-5639
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2023

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