Production of stabilized Criegee intermediates and peroxides in the gas phase ozonolysis of alkenes 2. Asymmetric and biogenic alkenes

Organic hydroperoxide, hydrogen peroxide, and >C-1 carbonyl yields have been measured from the reaction of a set of structurally diverse and atmospherically significant terminal and exocyclic alkenes with ozone. Product yields were investigated for 1-butene, 1-pentene, 1-octene, methylene cyclohexane, P-pinene, camphene and isoprene for humidities from 0 to 80% using gas chromatography with flame ionization detection and high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection. The yields of these products were used to estimate the following stabilized Criegee intermediate yields: 1-butene (0.27), 1-pentene (0.29), 1-octene (0.36), methylene cyclohexane (0.18), beta-pinene (0.28), camphene (0.31), and isoprene (0.27). The reaction of stabilized Criegee intermediates with water produces primarily hydroxymethyl hydroperoxide from CH(2)00, and H2O2 and a carbonyl compound for larger Criegee intermediates; acid formation is expected to be low. The exception is camphene, for which the large Criegee intermediate generates the corresponding hydroxyalkyl hydroperoxide in its reaction with water. These results were used to develop a structure activity relationship to estimate stabilized Criegee intermediate yields and to demonstrate that this model is consistent with literature values for OH yields from these ozone-alkene reactions. The mechanisms of the formation of these products are discussed and a hypothesis for the decrease in OH formation with increasing chain length for terminal alkenes is provided. Finally, a parameterization of the reactions for incorporation into atmospheric models is developed.