TY - JOUR
T1 - Atmospheric Chemistry of Methoxyflurane (CH3OCF2CHCl2)
T2 - Kinetics of the gas-phase reactions with OH radicals, Cl atoms and O3
AU - Hass, Sofie A.
AU - Andersen, Simone Thirstrup
AU - Sulbaek Andersen, Mads P.
AU - Nielsen, Ole J.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 -
Smog chamber techniques were used to determine k(CH
3
OCF
2
CHCl
2
+ Cl) = (5.04 ± 0.75) × 10
−13
, k(CH
3
OCF
2
CHCl
2
+ OH) = (2.18 ± 0.38) × 10
−13
, and k(CH
3
OCF
2
CHCl
2
+ O
3
) < 1.5 × 10
−22
cm
3
molecule
−1
s
−1
in 700 Torr of N
2
/air diluent at 296–300 K. The IR spectrum for CH
3
OCF
2
CHCl
2
is reported. CH
3
OCF
2
CHCl
2
is a short-lived compound with an estimated atmospheric lifetime of ∼54 days. The ozone depletion potential for CH
3
OCF
2
CHCl
2
was estimated to be on the order of 0.001 and a 100-year global warming potential of 4 was determined using a lifetime-corrected radiative efficiency estimation. Results are discussed with respect to the atmospheric chemistry of halogenated anesthetic gases.
AB -
Smog chamber techniques were used to determine k(CH
3
OCF
2
CHCl
2
+ Cl) = (5.04 ± 0.75) × 10
−13
, k(CH
3
OCF
2
CHCl
2
+ OH) = (2.18 ± 0.38) × 10
−13
, and k(CH
3
OCF
2
CHCl
2
+ O
3
) < 1.5 × 10
−22
cm
3
molecule
−1
s
−1
in 700 Torr of N
2
/air diluent at 296–300 K. The IR spectrum for CH
3
OCF
2
CHCl
2
is reported. CH
3
OCF
2
CHCl
2
is a short-lived compound with an estimated atmospheric lifetime of ∼54 days. The ozone depletion potential for CH
3
OCF
2
CHCl
2
was estimated to be on the order of 0.001 and a 100-year global warming potential of 4 was determined using a lifetime-corrected radiative efficiency estimation. Results are discussed with respect to the atmospheric chemistry of halogenated anesthetic gases.
U2 - 10.1016/j.cplett.2019.02.041
DO - 10.1016/j.cplett.2019.02.041
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85063046348
SN - 0009-2614
VL - 722
SP - 119
EP - 123
JO - Chemical Physics Letters
JF - Chemical Physics Letters
ER -