Products and mechanisms of the gas phase reactions of NO3with CH3SCH3, CD3SCD3, CH3SH and CH3SSCH3

✍ Scribed by N. R. Jensen; J. Hjorth; C. Lohse; H. Skov; G. Restelll

• Book ID: 104626141
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 726 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0167-7764
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00115226

✦ Synopsis

Products and mechanisms of the reaction between the nitrate radical (NO3) and three of the most abundant reduced organic sulphur compounds in ~he atmosphere (CH3SCH3, CHsSH and CH3SSCH3), have been studied in a 480 L reaction chamber using in situ FT-IR and ion chromatography as analytical techniques. In the three reactions, methanesulphonic acid was found to be the most abundant sulphur containing product. In addition the stable products SO2, H2SO4, CH20, and CH3ONO2 were identified and quantified and thionitric acid-S-methyl ester (CH3SNO2) was observed in the i.r. spectrum from all of the three reactions. Deuterated dimethylsulphide (CD3SCD3) showed an isotope effect on the reaction rate constant (kH/kD) of 3.8 • 0.6, indicating that hydrogen abstraction is the first step in the NO3 + CH3SCH3 reaction, probably after the formation of an initial adduct. Based on the products and intermediates identified, reaction mechanisms are proposed for the three reactions.