Rate constants for the gas‐phase reaction of C5-C10 alkenes with ozone

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The gas‐phase reaction of ozone with C5C10 alkenes(eight 1‐alkenes, four 1,1‐disubstituted alkenes, and cyclohexene) has been investigated at atmospheric pressure and ambient temperature (285–293 K). Cyclohexane was added to scavenge the hydroxyl radical, which forms as a product of the ozone‐alkene reaction. The reaction rate constants, in units of 10−18 cm3 molecule−1 s−1, are 9.6±1.6 for 1‐pentene, 9.7±1.4 for 1‐hexene, 9.4±0.4 for 1‐heptene, 12.5±0.4 for 1‐octene, 8.0±1.4 for 1‐decene, 3.8±0.6 for 3‐methyl‐1‐pentene, 7.3±0.7 for 4‐methyl‐1‐pentene, 3.9±0.9 for 3,3‐dimethyl‐1‐butene, 13.3±1.4 for 2‐methyl‐1‐butene, 12.5±1.1 for 2‐methyl‐1‐pentene, 10.0±0.3 for 2,3‐dimethyl‐1‐butene, 13.7±0.9 for 2‐ethyl‐1‐butene, and 84.6±1.0 for cyclohexene. Substituent effects on alkene reactivity are examined. Steric effect appear to be important for all 1,1‐disubstituted alkenes as well as for those 1‐alkenes that bear s‐butyl and t‐butyl groups. The results are briefly discussed with respect to the atomospheric persistence of the alkenes studied. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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