title: Aerosol formation and reaction pathways of atmospheric oxidation of dimethylsulfide.
abstract: This paper concerns with three series of experiments about dimethylsulfide gas phase oxidation, carried out at increasing NOx level (< 20 ppb, 1 ppm, 10 ppm) to show the relation between the amounts of nitrogen oxides and the molar yields of sulfur containing products. DMSO, DMSO2, HCHO, HCOOH and SO2 were found as main reaction products. From these experiments and from preceding studies, a sensitive decrease in the quantity of total sulfur products in aerosol phase is underlined. This result derives from the reaction of NOx with CH3S(O)O2 and CH3S(O)OO radicals, which leads to stable intermediates as methylsulphonylperoxynitrate, MSPN, with a characteristic PAN-like structure.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Catania Viale A. Doria 6, 95127 Catania. vlibrando@dipchi.unict.it
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Librando
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tringali
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hjorth
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jensen
mesh_terms: D000336:Aerosols / Q000032:analysis; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013440:Sulfides / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols; D000393:Air Pollutants; D013440:Sulfides; D009569:Nitric Oxide; C004784:dimethyl sulfide