摘要:
The product distribution resulting from the OH induced oxidation of 2,3-dimethylbutane in air was measured and compared with predictions based on a general reaction mechanism. Relative rates derived for the abstraction of primary and tertiary hydrogen atoms by OH radicals from the parent compound are 17% and 83%, respectively. The branching ratio for the alcohol versus alkoxyl radical producing pathways of the self-reaction of 2 propylperoxy radicals was determined to be (0.61 +/- 0.08):(0.39 +/- 0.08); the corresponding ratio for the self-reaction of primary 2,3-dimethylbutylperoxy radicals is (0.56 +/- 0.07):(0.44 +/- 0.07). Large amounts of 2,3-dimethyl-2-hydroperoxybutane and small amounts of 2,3-dimethyl-2-butanol were found, the latter as a product of the cross combination reactions of 2,3-dimethyl-2-butylperoxy with 2-propylperoxy and 2,3-dimethyl-1-butylperoxy radicals. Rate constants of 3.5 X 10(-17) and 2 x 10(-16) cm3/(molecule s), respectively, were estimated for these reactions with the help of computer simulations.