A Four Carbon Organonitrate as a Significant Product of Secondary Isoprene Chemistry.
Epameinondas TsiligiannisRongrong WuBen Hwan LeeChristian Mark SalvadorMichael PriestleyPhilip T M CarlssonSungah KangAnna NovelliLuc VereeckenHendrik FuchsAlfred W MayhewJacqueline F HamiltonPeter M EdwardsJuliane L FryBellamy BrownwoodSteven S BrownRobert J WildThomas J BannanHugh CoeJames D AllanJason D SurrattAsan BacakPaulo ArtaxoCarl J PercivalSong GuoMin HuTao WangThomas F MentelJoel A ThorntonMattias HallquistPublished in: Geophysical research letters (2022)
Oxidation of isoprene by nitrate radicals (NO 3 ) or by hydroxyl radicals (OH) under high NO x conditions forms a substantial amount of organonitrates (ONs). ONs impact NO x concentrations and consequently ozone formation while also contributing to secondary organic aerosol. Here we show that the ONs with the chemical formula C 4 H 7 NO 5 are a significant fraction of isoprene-derived ONs, based on chamber experiments and ambient measurements from different sites around the globe. From chamber experiments we found that C 4 H 7 NO 5 isomers contribute 5%-17% of all measured ONs formed during nighttime and constitute more than 40% of the measured ONs after further daytime oxidation. In ambient measurements C 4 H 7 NO 5 isomers usually dominate both nighttime and daytime, implying a long residence time compared to C 5 ONs which are removed more rapidly. We propose potential nighttime sources and secondary formation pathways, and test them using a box model with an updated isoprene oxidation scheme.