Theoretical Study of the Atmospheric Chemistry of Methane Sulfonamide Initiated by OH Radicals and the CH 3 S(O) 2 N • H + 3 O 2 Reaction
Theoretical Study of the Atmospheric Chemistry of Methane Sulfonamide Initiated by OH Radicals and the CH 3 S(O) 2 N • H + 3 O 2 Reaction
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OH自由基引发的甲磺酰胺大气化学及CH 3 S(O) 2 N→H 3 O 2 反应的理论研究
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10.1021/acs.jpca.2c06432
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2022
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Musah, Rabi A.
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Arathala, Parandaman;Musah, Rabi A.
In the present work, we have revisited the reaction mechanism of the atmospheric oxidation of methane sulfonamide (CH3S(═O)2NH2; MSAM) initiated by hydroxyl (OH) radicals in the gas phase. The present reaction has been studied for the first time using quantum calculations combined with chemical kinetic modeling. The abstraction of an H-atom from the −NH2group of MSAM by OH radical to form the products CH3S(═O)2N•H + H2O was found to be a major path with a barrier height of ∼2.3 kcal mol–1relative to the energy of the separated MSAM +•OH starting reactants. This study is the first to identify the reaction of MSAM with•OH as exclusively generating N-centered MSAM radicals. The chemical kinetic calculations for various paths associated with the MSAM +•OH reaction were performed under pre-equilibrium approximation conditions using canonical variational transition state theory, employing the small curvature tunneling method in the temperature range of 200–400 K. A recent experimental study reported that OH radical-mediated degradation of MSAM proceeds via the formation of the C-centered MSAM radical (•CH2S(═O)2NH2) product. However, the energetics and rate coefficient calculations in the present work suggest that the formation of the N-centered MSAM radical is a major path compared to that which proceeds via the C-centered MSAM radical. The overall rate coefficient for the MSAM +•OH reaction was calculated in the 200–400 K temperature range. The overall rate coefficient for the MSAM +•OH reaction was estimated to bek= 1.2 × 10–13cm3molecule–1s–1at 298 K. This rate coefficient at 298 K agrees well with the reported experimental value (1.4 × 10–13cm3molecule–1s–1) at the same temperature. We also provide branching ratios for each path associated with the MSAM +•OH reaction. In addition, the atmospheric implications for the title reactions are discussed. The oxidation mechanism of the MSAM +•OH reaction suggests that the formed CH3S(═O)2N•H further reacts with atmospheric oxygen (3O2) to form the corresponding RO2radical adduct. The downstream products of the CH3S(═O)2N•H +3O2reaction in the present work indicate that sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), nitric acid (HNO3), nitrous oxide (N2O), and formic acid [HC(O)OH] are formed as final products.