Relative rate constants for the reactions of chlorine atoms with chloroethers at 298 K

Encuentro; 8th Latinamerican Meeting on Photochemistry and Photobiology (ELAFOT); 2004

The gas-phase reaction of Cl atoms with organic species represents an important loss process for Cl atoms and organic compounds in the atmosphere. Despite the growing kinetic data base for the reaction of Cl atoms with organic compounds there have been relatively few studies of the reaction of Cl atoms with oxygenated organic species.

Oxygenated compounds are finding increased use as fuels, solvents, CFCs and HCFCs substituents and fuel additives and are thus expected to be released in increasing amounts to the atmosphere. As part of an on going program in our laboratory to study the atmospheric chemistry of oxygenated species, we have been used the relative rate technique to investigate the kinetic reactions.