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. 2024 Jun 10;128(24):4838–4849. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpca.4c02287

Table 5. Tropospheric Lifetimes, τ (in Hours), for the Investigated Methyl-Butenols with OH, O3, NO3, and Cl Gaseous Oxidant Speciesa.

  rate coefficient (cm3 × molecule–1 × s–1)
tropospheric lifetime (h)
kOH × 1011b kO3 × 1017 kNO3 × 1013 kCl × 1010 τOH τO3 τNO3 τCl τtotal
2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol 6.32 0.8319 0.1161 2.6462 3.89 47.81 50.51 105.22 3.21
3-methyl-2-buten-1-ol 14.55 43.9063 10.0061 4.0264 1.69 0.90 0.56 69.10 0.32
3-methyl-3-buten-1-ol 10.04 0.6865 2.7061 4.1365 2.45 58.36 2.06 67.26 1.10
2-methyl-3-buten-1-ol 5.31 0.3765 (−) 3.5165 4.63 106.10 (−) 79.14 <4.17
3-methyl-3-buten-2-ol 11.71 (−) (−) (−) 2.10 (−) (−) (−) <2.10
a

Average tropospheric concentrations used for calculating the lifetimes of MBOs: [OH] = 1.13 × 106 radicals cm–3,66 [O3] = 7 × 1011 molecules cm–3,67 [NO3] = 5 × 108 radicals cm–3,68 [Cl] = 104 atoms cm–3,69 (−) no available data.

b

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