Products from Photochemical Reactions of Naphthalene in air
- 1 July 1995
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds
- Vol. 5 (1-4) , 123-130
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10406639408015163
Abstract
Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAC) are important pollutants of the urban troposphere, and react rapidly with a half-life of only a few hours under summer conditions. The main reaction pathway involves the addition of hydroxyl radicals to a ring carbon atom. Little is known of the reaction products, although the kinetics of addition have been studied for several PAC. From naphthalene, which is the initial target of our research, the reaction products include naphthols, nitronaphthalenes, nitronaphthols, 1,4-naphthoquinone, and a variety of phthalic acid and cinnamyl derivatives.Keywords
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