This work is an in-depth study of a system with an approach designed to determine the electrode processes and the factors or conditions which control them.

No / A new and convenient method for the acid-catalysed Michael addition reactions of alcohols, thiols and amines to methyl vinyl ketone has been developed using the ionic liquid ethyltri-n-butylphosphonium tosylate. The reaction conditions are mild and obviate the need for toxic and expensive Lewis acid catalysts, offering advantages over more commonly used systems.

The dissociative photoionization reactions of two small, oxygenated organics, namely 1,3-dioxolane and methyl vinyl ketone, were studied by photoelectron photoion coincidence (PEPICO) spectroscopy. Experiments involving 1,3-dioxolane were carried out in the photon energy range of 9.5‒13.5 eV. The statistical thermodynamics model shows that a total of six dissociation channels are involved in the formation of three fragment ions, namely C3H5O2+ (m/z 73), C2H5O+ (m/z 45) and C2H4O+ (m/z 44), with two channels contributing to the formation of each. By comparing the results of ab initio quantum chemical calculations to the experimentally derived appearance energies of the fragment ions, the most likely mechanisms for these unimolecular dissociation reactions are proposed, including a description of the relevant parts of the potential energy surface.In the case of methyl vinyl ketone, an important atmospheric intermediate in the oxidation of isoprene, between 9.5‒13.8 eV four main fragment ions were detected at m/z 55, 43, 42, and 27 aside from the parent ion at m/z 70. The m/z 55 fragment ion (C2H3CO+) is formed from ionized MVK by direct methyl loss, while breaking the C–C bond on the other side of the carbonyl group results in the acetyl cation (CH3CO+, m/z 43) and the vinyl radical. The m/z 42 fragment ion is formed via a CO loss from the molecular ion after a methyl shift. The lightest fragment ion, the vinyl cation (C2H3+ at m/z 27), is produced in two different reactions: acetyl radical loss from the molecular ion and CO-loss from C2H3CO+. Their contributions to the m/z 27 signal are quantified based on the acetyl and vinyl fragment thermochemical anchors and quantum-chemical calculations. Based on the experimentally derived appearance energy of the m/z 43 fragment ion, a new, experimentally derived heat of formation is proposed for gaseous methyl vinyl ketone (ΔfH0K = −94.2 ± 4.8 kJ mol−1; ΔfH298K = −110.4 ± 4.8 kJ mol−1), together with cationic heats of formation and bond dissociation energies.

A tall tower flux measurement setup was established in metropolitan Houston, Texas, to measure trace gas fluxes from both anthropogenic and biogenic emission sources in the urban surface layer. We describe a new relaxed eddy accumulation system combined with a dual-channel gas chromatography - flame ionization detection used for volatile organic compound (VOC) flux measurements in the urban area, focusing on the results of selected anthropogenic VOCs, including benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes (BTEX), and biogenic VOCs including isoprene and its oxidation products, methacrolein (MACR) and methyl vinyl ketone (MVK). We present diurnal variations of concentrations and fluxes of BTEX, and isoprene and its oxidation products during summer time (May 22 - July 22, 2008) and winter time (January 1 - February 28). The measured BTEX values exhibited diurnal cycles with a morning peak during weekdays related to rush-hour traffic and additional workday daytime flux maxima for toluene and xylenes in summer time. However, in winter time there was no additional workday daytime peaks due mainly to the different flux footprints between the two seasons. A comparison with different EPA National Emission Inventories (NEI) with our summer time flux data suggests potential underestimates in the NEI by a factor of 3 to 5. The mixing ratios and fluxes of isoprene, MACR and MVK were measured during the same time period in summer 2008. The presented results show that the isoprene was affected by both tail-pipe emission sources during the morning rush hours and biogenic emission sources in daytime. The observed daytime mixing ratios of isoprene were much lower than over forested areas, caused by a comparatively low density of isoprene emitters in the tower's footprint area. The average daytime isoprene flux agreed well with emission rates predicted by a temperature and light only emission model (Guenther et al., 1993). Our investigation of isoprene's oxidation products MACR and MVK showed that both anthropogenic and biogenic emission sources exist for MACR, while MVK was strongly dominated by a biogenic source, likely the isoprene oxidation between the emission and sampling points.

Cette étude se focalise sur les impacts de la réactivité en phase aqueuse de la méthacroléïne et de la méthyl vinyl cétone sur la formation des nouveaux aérosols organiques secondaires (AOS), et les impacts de la réactivité en phase aqueuse sur le vieillissement des AOS formés par l’isoprène, α-pinène et 1,3,5-triméthylbenzène en phase gazeuse. Les études de la réactivité en phase aqueuse ont été étudiées vis-à-vis des radicaux OH. Dans le but d’identifier et quantifier les produits d’oxydation des différents précurseurs d’intérêt, les échantillons en phase aqueuse ont été analysés par différents systèmes analytiques. Les résultats montrent clairement la formation de petits composés primaires et secondaires qui ont été expliqués par les mécanismes réactionnels. On a observé également la formation de composés à haute masse moléculaire par rapport à leurs précurseurs. Ces produits ont été supposés être très peu volatils et pourraient induire la formation des AOS lors de l’évaporation de l’eau. Leur capacité à former des AOS a été montrée expérimentalement par les expériences de nébulisation des solutions aqueuses à différents temps de réaction. Les résultats montrent qu’au moins une part de ces produits à haute masse moléculaire reste en phase particulaire lors de l’évaporation de l’eau, et contribue à la formation des AOS. L’ensemble de ces résultats met en évidence le fait que la réactivité en phase aqueuse atmosphérique peut induire des effets importants sur la formation et le vieillissement des AOS atmosphériques, qui peut induire une modification des propriétés physico-chimiques des aérosols. / This work focused on the impacts of aqueous phase OH-oxidation of methacrolein, methyl vinyl ketone on the SOA formation, and impacts of aqueous phase OH-oxidation on aging of SOA that are formed by isoprene, -pinene and 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene in gas phase. The chemical characterization of aqueous phase was performed by different analytical techniques. The results show the formation of small primary and secondary reaction products that were explained by suitable chemical reaction mechanisms. The formation of oligomers with high molecular mass (compared with their precursors) has also been observed during the OH-oxidation. These oligomers might be low volatile compounds that induce the formation of SOA during water evaporation. Their capacity to form SOA was experimentally demonstrated by nebulizing the aqueous phase solution at different reaction times. The results show that at least a part of oligomers remains in the particle phase during water evaporation, and contributes to the SOA formation. All of these results highlight that aqueous phase reactivity could induce important effects on the formation and aging of atmospheric SOA, which can induce modification of physico-chemical properties of SOA.