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Table 2.

Chemical lifetime (τ) of VOCs and their main oxidation products, calculated for the average atmospheric mixing ratios of OH radicals (= 0.04 pptv) and ozone (=28.4 ppbv)

Biogenic VOCs			Biogenic VOC oxidation products
Isoprene	τ_OH	τ_O3		τ_OH	τ_O3
	1.4 h	1.3 d	Methacrolein	4.1 h	15 d
		Methyl vinyl ketone	6.8 h	3.6 d
3-Methyl furan	1.5 h	19 h
Monoterpenes	τ_OH	τ_O3		τ_OH	τ_O3
Limonene	49 min	2 h	Limononaldehyde	1.26 h	2 d
Terpinolene	37 min	13 min	4-Methyl-3-cyclohexenone	1.5 h	n.r.
α-Pinene	2.6 h	4.6 h	Pinonaldehyde	2.9 h	>2.4 year
β-Pinene	1.8 h	1.1 d	Nopinone	12 h	>4.5 year
Δ³-Carene	1.6 h	11 h	Caroaldehyde	2.9 h	>2.3 year
Sabinene	1.2 h	4.6 h	Sabinaketone	18.8 d	>0.9 year
Camphene	2.6 h	18 d	Camphenilone	2.3 d	>4.5 year
Sesquiterpenes	τ_OH	τ_O3
β-Caryophyllene	42 min	2 min
α-Humulene	28 min	2 min
α-Cedrene	2.1 h	14 h
α-Copaene	1.5 h	2.5 h
Alcohols	τ_OH	τ_O3		τ_OH	τ_O3
2-Methyl-3-buten-2-ol	2.4 h	1.7 d	5-Methyl-5-vinyltetrahydrofuran-2-ol	1.56 d	8.7 d
cis-3-Hexen-1-ol	1.3 h	6.2 h
Linalool	52 min	55 min
1,8-Cineole	1.0 d	>110 d
Methanol	12 d	>4.5 year

Data from Atkinson & Arey (2003), Calogirou et al. (1999) and Carrasco et al. (2007).

n.r., not reactive; VOC, volatile organic compound.