Formation of secondary organic aerosols from anthropogenic precursors in laboratory studies

D Srivastava, TV Vu, S Tong, Z Shi… - npj Climate and …, 2022 - nature.com
Aerosols produced from the oxidation of volatile/semi-volatile organic compounds
(VOCs/SVOCs), known as secondary organic aerosol (SOA), account for a significant …

Kinetics, products, and mechanisms of secondary organic aerosol formation

PJ Ziemann, R Atkinson - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is formed in the atmosphere when volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) emitted from anthropogenic and biogenic sources are oxidized by …

Development of the SAPRC-07 chemical mechanism

WPL Carter - Atmospheric Environment, 2010 - Elsevier
An updated version of the SAPRC-99 gas-phase atmospheric chemical mechanism,
designated SAPRC-07, is described. The rate constants and reactions have been updated …

[HTML][HTML] Development and evaluation of a new compact mechanism for aromatic oxidation in atmospheric models

KH Bates, DJ Jacob, K Li, PD Ivatt… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Aromatic hydrocarbons, including benzene, toluene, and xylenes, play an important role in
atmospheric chemistry, but the associated chemical mechanisms are complex and …

Development of revised SAPRC aromatics mechanisms

WPL Carter, G Heo - Atmospheric environment, 2013 - Elsevier
The representation of the gas-phase atmospheric reactions of aromatic hydrocarbons in the
SAPRC-07 chemical mechanism has been updated to give better simulations of recent …

Oxidation flow reactor results in a Chinese megacity emphasize the important contribution of S/IVOCs to ambient SOA formation

W Hu, H Zhou, W Chen, Y Ye, T Pan… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Oxygenated volatile organic compounds (OVOCs) and secondary organic aerosol (SOA)
formation potential of ambient air in Guangzhou, China was investigated using a field …

A new condensed toluene mechanism for Carbon Bond: CB05-TU

GZ Whitten, G Heo, Y Kimura, E McDonald-Buller… - Atmospheric …, 2010 - Elsevier
Toluene is ubiquitous in urban atmospheres and is a precursor to tropospheric ozone and
aerosol (smog). An important characteristic of toluene chemistry is the tendency of some …

Mechanistic study of the formation of ring-retaining and ring-opening products from the oxidation of aromatic compounds under urban atmospheric conditions

A Zaytsev, AR Koss, M Breitenlechner… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Aromatic hydrocarbons make up a large fraction of anthropogenic volatile organic
compounds and contribute significantly to the production of tropospheric ozone and …

Atmospheric oxidation mechanism of toluene

R Wu, S Pan, Y Li, L Wang - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2014 - ACS Publications
The atmospheric oxidation mechanism of toluene initiated by OH radical addition is
investigated by quantum chemistry calculations at M06-2X, G3MP2-RAD, and ROCBS-QB3 …

New insights into the radical chemistry and product distribution in the OH-initiated oxidation of benzene

L Xu, KH Møller, JD Crounse… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Emissions of aromatic compounds cause air pollution and detrimental health effects. Here,
we explore the reaction kinetics and products of key radicals in benzene photo-oxidation …