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Atmospheric Chemistry of 1H-Heptafluorocyclopentene (cycCFCFCFCF=CH–): Rate Constant, Products and Mechanism of Gas-Phase Reactions with OH Radicals, IR Absorption Spectrum, Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential, and Global Warming Potential 2
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Dongpeng Liu, Sheng Qin, Wei Li, Di Zhang, and Zhikai Guo J. Phys. Chem. A, Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b10348 • Publication Date (Web): 17 Nov 2016 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on November 21, 2016
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Atmospheric Chemistry of 1H-Heptafluorocyclopentene
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(cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH–): Rate Constant, Products and Mechanism of Gas-phase
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Reactions with OH Radicals, IR Absorption Spectrum, Photochemical Ozone
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Creation Potential, and Global Warming Potential
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Dongpeng Liu†,*, Sheng Qin‡, Wei Li‡, Di Zhang‡, Zhikai Guo‡
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†School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, No.28,
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Xianning West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, P. R. China.
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‡ Zhejiang Research Institute of Chemical Industry, No.387, Tianmushan Road,
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Hangzhou, 310023, P. R. China
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Corresponding Author
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*D.P.L.: E-mail:
[email protected]. Tel: +86 29 83748935. Fax: + 86 29 83748935.
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Abstract: The rate constant for gas-phase reactions of OH radicals with
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1H-heptafluorocyclopentene (cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH–) was measured using a relative
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rate method at 298 K: (5.20 ± 0.09) × 10−14 cm3 molecule–1 s–1. The quoted uncertainty
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includes two standard deviations from the least-squares regression, the systematic error
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from the GC analysis, and the uncertainties of the rate constants of the reference
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compounds. The OH radical-initiated oxidation of cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH– gives the
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main products COF2, CO, and CO2, leading to negligible environmental impact. For
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consumptions of cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH– of less than 54%, the yield of the formation
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of ([COF2]+[CO]+[CO2])/5 (based on the conservation of carbon) was 0.99±0.02, which
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is very close to 100%. A possible degradation mechanism was proposed. The radiative
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efficiency (RE) of cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH– measured at room temperature was 0.215
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W m-2 ppb-1. The atmospheric lifetime of cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH– was calculated as
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0.61 years, and the photochemical ozone creation potential (POCP) was negligible. The
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20-, 100-, and 500-year time horizon global warming potentials (GWPs) were estimated
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as 153, 42, and 12, respectively.
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1. Introduction
Since Molina and Rowland discovered that the Earth’s stratospheric ozone was
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being depleted by chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs),1 the production and use of CFCs have
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been phased out. However, all halogen-containing hydrocarbons have strong
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absorptions in the atmospheric transparency window region (800–1200 cm–1)2, which 2
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could lead to greenhouse warming. Hence, attempts have been made worldwide to
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develop high-performance, environmentally acceptable alternatives, and these products
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have already progressed through several generations: CFCs →
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hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) → hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) →hydrofluoroethers
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(HFEs).
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Hydrofluoroolefins (HFOs) are considered a new-generation alternative with no
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stratospheric ozone depletion potential (ODPs) because of their non-chlorine molecular
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structure. They are believed to be removed from the atmosphere primarily by reactions
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with OH radicals in the troposphere rather than by ultraviolet (UV) photolysis in the
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stratosphere;3 other gas-phase oxidation reactions in the atmosphere toward O3, Cl
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atoms, and NO3 radicals are of limited significance.4 Their global warming potentials
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(GWPs) are generally lower because the >C=C< double bonds could enhance the
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reactivity of these substances toward OH radicals and thus shortening their atmospheric
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lifetimes. However, they are volatile and may be released into the atmosphere during
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use, storage, recovery, and facility maintenance; therefore, their atmospheric chemistry
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and, hence, environmental impact must be evaluated prior to their large-scale industrial
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1H-heptafluorocyclopentene (cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH–) is a new potential HFO
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alternative that has been proposed for use in the semiconductor device production field
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and as a monomer for fluorine-containing polymer synthesis, as an intermediate of
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fluorine-containing pharmaceuticals, and as a solvent.5 To expand and improve our
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knowledge of the atmospheric chemistry and environmental impact of this compound,
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the rate constant for the reaction between cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH– and OH
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cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH– + OH → Products
k1
(1)
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has been studied using a smog chamber-gas chromatography (GC) (flame ionization
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detection [FID]) technique6 in He diluent with an initial total pressure of 400 Torr at
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298 K. This temperature is the standard room temperature used in evaluations and
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presentations of rate constants and in estimations of the atmospheric lifetimes of
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short-lived species.4 The atmospheric lifetime was calculated. The products and
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mechanism of the OH radical-initiated oxidation reactions were investigated under
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an initial pressure of 700 Torr in He at 298 K. The infrared (IR) absorption spectrum
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and radiative efficiency (RE) of the compound were obtained at room temperature,
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and the photochemical ozone creation potential (POCP) and GWP were also
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estimated. 4
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2. Experimental Section
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2.1 OH Reaction Rate Constant Measurements
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2.1.1 Apparatus and the Reliability Test
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The measurements of the OH reaction rate constant were performed using a
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double-walled cylindrical quartz chamber (internal volume: approximately 8.3 dm3)
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surrounded by ten UV fluorescent lamps (254 ± 4 nm; Haining Hansen Lighting Co.,
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Ltd., Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China) and interfaced to a GC equipped with a FID (GC-2014
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TF/SPL; Shimadzu, Tokyo, Japan). The schematic diagram of this apparatus is provided
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in Figure 1.
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Figure 1. Schematic diagram of the main experimental apparatus
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The spectral irradiance E(254nm) of ten UV fluorescent lamps was determined as
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(2.83 ± 0.03) × 1015 photons cm–2 s–1 nm–1 in He under an initial total pressure of
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375–675 Torr (shown in the Supporting Information). The temperature of the chamber 5
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was controlled by circulating water/ethylene glycol solution between the outer walls and
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was monitored using two side-attached thermocouples with an accuracy of ±1 K. The
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pressure in the chamber was measured by an electronic vacuum gauge DVR 2
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(Vacuubrand, Germany). A stainless steel greaseless vacuum line equipped with an
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electric circulating pump was connected to the chamber for sample preparation and gas
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mixing. The chamber can be operated at temperatures between 243–323K and pressures
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between 0.7–760 Torr. Periodically, the concentrations of the gases in the chamber were
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tested using the GC-FID equipped with an automatic sampling system, which revealed a
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0.20% mass decrease for each run.
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The OH radicals were generated by the UV photolysis of O3 in the presence of
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water vapor. O3 was produced from O2 via silent electrical discharge using a
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commercial O3 ozonizer (JR-S-10, Nanjing JinRen Environmental Science and
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Technology Co., Ltd., China). A gas mixture of 2% O3/O2 was introduced into the
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chamber continuously, and the flow rate was controlled by a mass flowmeter (D07-11C,
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Beijing Sevenstar Electronics Co., Ltd., China).
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O3 + hν → O (1D) + O2
(2)
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O (1D) + H2O → 2OH
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In relative rate experiments, the following reactions occurred.
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Reactant + OH → Products
ks
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Reference + OH → Products
kr
(5)
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The OH reaction rate constant ks of the sample reactant was derived by monitoring
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its loss relative to that of a reference compound. The decays of the reactant and
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reference were then plotted using equation (I),
(I)
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where [Reactant]t, and [Reference]t are the concentrations of the sample reactant and
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reference compound at times t0 and t, respectively, and kr is the rate constant for the
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reaction of OH radicals with the reference. The 0.20% mass decrease of the mixture
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gases caused by the GC-FID sampling was deducted from the collected data.
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As a test for the experimental system, the gas-phase reactions of HFC-134a
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(CF3CH2F) with OH radicals has been studied at 298K using CH4 as the reference
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compound. The flow rates of 2% O3/O2 were 2, 5, 9, and 11 cm3 min–1, and the OH
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radical concentrations were calculated to be 7.52 × 1010, 1.07 × 1011, 1.23 × 1011, and
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1.47 × 1011 radicals cm−3, respectively. Comparison of the kOH(CF3CH2F) / kOH(CH4)
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values obtained at different O3/O2 flow rates indicated that the flow rates did not
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as the average of the individual determinations was 0.596 ± 0.008, which was in good
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agreement with the value of 0.698 (+0.156, –0.127) derived from the JPL 10-67 within
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experimental uncertainty (The experimental details could be found in the Supporting
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Information).
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2.1.2 Measurements of cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH–
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A gaseous sample of cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH– was prepared in a 1-L glass bottle.
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The sample reactant, a reference compound, and H2O were introduced into the chamber
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using a Hamilton syringe, diluted by He gas with a total pressure of 400 Torr, and
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mixed through the stainless steel greaseless vacuum line for approximately 40 min.
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Then, a gas mixture of 2% O3/O2 was produced and continuously introduced into the
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chamber at a rate of 1.5–4.0 cm3 min–1 at standard temperature and pressure (STP),
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leading to an increase of 2–12.3 Torr during the measurements. Four UV lamps were
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used to generate OH radicals and to start the reactions. Automatic sampling and GC
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data collection were conducted using a time interval of 7.5 min. After 37.5 – 80 min, the
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reactions were stopped, and the chamber was cleaned by vacuumizing.
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The initial concentrations of the cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH– sample and the reference
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compounds CF3CHFCH2F, CH3CH2CF3, and H2O in the experiments were ranged from
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cm–3, respectively. The decays of cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH–, CF3CHFCH2F, and
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CH3CH2CF3 were 82–90%, 48–52%, and 79–88% at the end of the reactions,
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respectively.
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The operating parameters of the GC-FID instrument were as follows: capillary
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column, TG-Bond Q (length: 30 m; i.d.: 0.53 mm; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.,
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USA); column temperature, 170 ℃ (reference: CF3CHFCH2F) and 145℃ (reference:
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CH3CH2CF3); detector temperature, 220℃; and injection port temperature, 150℃.
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2.2 OH Radical-initiated Degradation Products and Mechanism Study
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By changing the interface to a Nicolet iS50 Fourier transform IR (FTIR)
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spectrometer, the apparatus described in section 2.1.1 could be used to study the OH
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radical-initiated degradation products and the mechanism of the sample reactant.
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Certain amounts of sample reactant and water were introduced into the chamber and
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mixed in He diluent with a total pressure of 700 Torr at 298±1 K for 40 min. Then, a
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gas mixture of 2% O3/O2 was produced and continuously introduced into the chamber at
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a rate of 4.0 cm3 min–1, at STP; and six UV lamps were turned on for the irradiation.
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The loss of sample reactant and the formation of products were monitored by FTIR
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spectroscopy with a mercury cadmium telluride (MCT) detector at a time interval of 3 9
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min. A PIKE multiple-reflection IR gas cell with a 2200-cm3 volume and a 10-m optical
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path length was used in this study. The spectrometer was operated at a resolution of 0.5
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cm-1.
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The products were identified by a process of spectral stripping in which scaled
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reference spectra were subtracted from the sample spectrum and quantified using
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integrated absorption features. Reference spectra were obtained by expanding known
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volumes of the reference compounds into the reaction chambers or from the published
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literature.
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2.3 Integrated IR Absorption Cross-section Measurements
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The IR absorption spectrum of cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH– was obtained using a
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Nicolet iS50 FTIR spectrometer with a triglycine sulfate (TGS) detector at a spectral
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resolution of 0.5 cm−1 and recorded with a step size of 0.241 cm−1. A 10-cm glass
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absorption cell fitted with KBr windows was used to obtain the absorption spectra at
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room temperature. Background spectra were collected by filling the cell with 700-Torr
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purified air. The absorption spectra of the sample reactant at different pressures were
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alternately recorded at least five times. The pressure of the sample in the cell was
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monitored using a MKS 974B manometer (1 × 10−8–1500 Torr) and an INFICON 10
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capacitance diaphragm gauge CDG025D (0–10 Torr). The absorption cross-section σ (ν)
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of the sample reactant at wavenumber ν (cm–1) was calculated according to the
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Beer−Lambert absorption law,2 and the integrated cross-section S (ν1,ν2) between
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wavenumbers ν1 and ν2 was then determined as follows:
(II)
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2.4 Materials
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A sample of cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH– with a purity of 99.98% was synthesized in
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our laboratory5 and purified by a simple distillation (tower temperature: bottom, 57℃;
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top, 46℃). The impurity levels of cyc-CF2CF2CF2CCl=CF–, cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CF–,
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cyc-CF2CF2CHFCF=CF–, and cyc-CF2CHFCF2CF=CF– were determined by GC
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analysis (GC area percentage): 0.011%, 0.003%, 0.003%, and 0.004%, respectively.
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The reference compounds of CF3CHFCH2F (99.0% purity) and CH3CH2CF3 (99.0%
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purity) were purchased from SynQuest Labs, Inc. (USA) The kinetic measurements
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were not affected by the impurities in the samples and the reference compounds because
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the GC peaks of the reactants were separated and monitored independently via the
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relative rate method.
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To identify the degradation products, authentic sample of COF2 (99.9% purity) was 11
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provided by Sinochem Modern Environmental Protection Chemicals (Xi`an) Co., Ltd.
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(China); and the CO2 (99.995% purity) and CO (99.9% purity) was purchased from
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Hangzhou New Century Mixed Gas co., Ltd. (China).
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Helium (99.999% purity; BOC Gases (SuZhou) Co., Ltd., China) was used as a
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carrier gas in the GC analysis and as a diluent gas in all kinetic experiments due to its
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low O(1D) quenching efficiency. O2 (99.999% purity; ChengGong Gases Co., Ltd.,
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Deqing, China) was used to generate O3.
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The rate constant k1 at 298 K of reaction (1) was measured relative to those of reactions (6) and (7):
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CF3CHFCH2F + OH → Products
k6
(6)
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CH3CH2CF3 + OH → Products
k7
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2.5
0
ln([Reactant]t /[Reactant]t)
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CF3CHFCH2F 2.0
1.5
CH3CH2CF3 1.0
0.5
0 0
0.4
0.8
1.2
1.6
2.0
ln([Reference]t /[Reference]t)
1
0
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Figure 2. Loss of cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH– versus CF3CHFCH2F (triangles) and
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CH3CH2CF3 (circles) in the presence of OH radicals under an initial total pressure of
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400 Torr in He.
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Figure 2 shows the loss of cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH– plotted versus the loss of the
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reference compounds. A linear least-squares analysis gives the slopes of k1/k6 = 3.01 ±
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0.05 and k1/k7 = 1.09 ± 0.01 with zero intercepts. Using k6 = 1.69 × 10–14 (±15%) 7 and
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k7 = 4.88 × 10–14 (±15%) cm3 molecule–1 s–1 7 gives k1 = (5.09 ± 0.08) × 10–14 and (5.31
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obtained using the two different references, and the disagreement was less than 5%. We
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report the final value of (5.20 ± 0.09) × 10–14 cm3 molecule–1 s–1 as the average of the
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individual determinations with error limits that encompass the extremes of the
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In smog chamber experiments, the unwanted losses of sample reactant and
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reference compounds via heterogeneous reactions, photolysis, and dark chemistry must
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be considered. The initial gas mixtures of sample reactant and a reference compound
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diluted by He with a total pressure of 400 Torr, were left to stand in the chamber for 40
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min at 298±1 K. UV irradiation was provided by four UV lamps for 40 min, and then,
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the upper limit of H2O or O3 used in this work was independently introduced into the
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reaction chamber. The mixtures were allowed to stand in the dark in the chamber for 40
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min. The loss of any of the sample reactant and reference was observed to be < 2%,
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which does not exceed the inherent instrumental uncertainty caused by the GC-FID
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analysis (±2%). This finding suggests that heterogeneous reactions, photolysis, and dark
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chemistry do not significantly affect the present experiments. The total uncertainty
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includes two standard deviations from the least-squares regression, the systematic error
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from the GC analysis, and the uncertainty of the rate constant from the reference.
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To the best of our knowledge, no previous studies have investigated k1; thus, we
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compared our result with those obtained for several analogous compounds (Table 1). As
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expected based on the similarity of the molecular structures, the reactivity of OH
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cyc-CF2CF2CF=CH–, differing by less than 16%. The weaker reactivity of
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cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH– could be attributed to its more stable five-membered ring
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structure. Indeed, cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH– is 1287-fold less reactive than its
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non-substituted counterpart cyc-C5H8. This observation is consistent with the
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well-known, reactivity-decreasing effect of electron-withdrawing fluorine substituents
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towards electrophilic OH radicals.8 Moreover, the kOH of cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH– is
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approximately 3 times greater than that of cyc-CF2CF2CF2CHFCH2–, indicating that the
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introduction of a >C=C< double bond to increase the reactivity of organic molecules
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towards OH radicals4 is also effective for cyclohaloalkanes. Table 1 Rate constants for the reactions of OH with cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH– and analogous compounds measured at approximately 298 K. kOH, Compound
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T, Ref.
–1 –1
cm molecule s
K
cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH–
(5.20 ± 0.09) × 10–14
298
this work
cyc-CF2CF2CF2CHFCH2–
(1.72 ± 0.05) × 10–14
298
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cyc-CF2CF2CF=CH–
(6.15 ± 0.16) × 10–14
298
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cyc-C5H8
6.7 × 10–11
298
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3.2 Products and Mechanism of OH Radical-initiated Oxidation of
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cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH–
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The products and the mechanism of the OH radical-initiated oxidation of
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cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH– were investigated by irradiating mixtures of 3.57 × 1014
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molecules cm–3 cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH– and 2.38 × 1017 molecules cm–3 H2O in He
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diluent at an initial total pressure of 700 Torr. A gas mixture of 2% O3/O2 was
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introduced continuously into the chamber as the OH-radicals-generating agent and
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oxidizing agent. Figure 3 shows the IR spectra at 810–2300 cm−1 obtained before (A)
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and after (B) in which the gas mixture was subjected to 36 min of UV irradiation. The
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consumption of cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH– was 54%. The subtraction of IR features
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attributable to cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH– from panel (B) gives the product spectrum
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shown in panel (C). A comparison of the IR features in panel (C) with the reference
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spectra of COF2 in panel (D) shows the formation of this product. All of these spectra
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(A) Before irradiation cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH-
0.08 0.04 0 0.06
(B) After 36 min of irradiation
0.04
Absorbance
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COF2
0.06 0.04 0.02
CO2
CO
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mixture of 3.57 × 1014 molecules cm–3 cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH– and 2.38 × 1017
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pressure of 700 Torr and 298±1 K. Panel (C) shows the residual IR features after
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significance, and the products are essentially eliminated in water droplets, resulting in
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Figure 4. Formation of COF2 (●, olive), CO (▲, red), and CO2 (▼, blue) versus the loss
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of cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH- observed following the 36-min UV irradiation of a mixture
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H2O in the presence of the O3/O2 gases in He diluent at an initial total pressure of 700
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Torr and 298±1 K. The inset shows one fifth of the total concentration of COF2, CO,
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addition to the >C=C< double bond, and the mechanism for the observed formation of
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COF2, CO, and CO2 is shown in Figure 5. The initial attack of OH radicals on
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cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH– may give two different fluorocycloalkyl
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radicals—cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF(•)CH(OH)– and cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF(OH)CH(•)–—that are
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then involved in two different degradation pathways: (a) and (b). Taking pathway (a) as
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an example, the generated cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF(•)CH(OH)– radicals react with O2 to give
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the corresponding peroxyl cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF(OO•)CH(OH)– radicals, which are then
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converted to alkoxy radicals (cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF(O•)CH(OH)–) by reaction with HO2 or
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RO2 (R=cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF(•)CH(OH)–, F(O)CCH(OH)(CF2)x=1-3(•),
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F(O)C(CF2)x=1-3(•), etc.). Via a ring-opening reaction, the alkoxy radicals yield
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F(O)CCH(OH)CF2CF2CF2(•) and/or F(O)C CF2CF2CF2CH(OH)(•) by two competing
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pathways: (a1) and (a2). In pathway (a1), F(O)CCH(OH)CF2CF2CF2(•) radicals
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undergo reactions with O2, RO2, and HO2 and unimolecular dissociation, giving the
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product COF2 and intermediate radicals F(O)CCH(OH)CF2CF2(•); after repeating a
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similar reaction sequence, the F(O)CCH(OH)CF2CF2(•) radicals are converted to
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products COF2 and F(O)CC(O)H. In pathway (a2), F(O)CCF2CF2CF2CH(OH)(•)
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radicals react with O2 to yield F(O)CCF2CF2CF2C(O)H. Although no atmospheric data
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obtained for the analogous compound H(O)CC(O)H, 7,13 they are considered to be
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primarily degraded via reaction with OH radicals and photolysis in our experimental
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system. Additionally, their reactivities are expected to be substantially higher than that
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of the cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH– (kOH,298K(HC(O)C(O)H) = 1.15 × 10–11 (±50%) cm3
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molecule–1 s–1, 7 kphotolysis(HC(O)C(O)H) = (1.1 ± 0.7)×10-5 s–1) 14; thus, they are not
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sufficiently stable in the chamber to be observed. The products of F(O)CC(O)H from
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and HF, and for F(O)CCF2CF2CF2C(O)H, they are CO and/or CO2, HF, and COF2. HF
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was not observed during the experiments, possibly because of heterogeneous reactions
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on the reactor wall. These inferences are consistent with our presented experimental
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results and will be verified by future experiments once the two pure compounds of
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F(O)CC(O)H and F(O)CCF2CF2CF2C(O)H are obtainable. As shown in Figure 5, the
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degradation products of pathway (b) are the same as those of pathway (a); thus, we do
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not repeat this mechanism in detail.
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on the experimental results presented herein. To this end, a computational study may be
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helpful, and we suggest that specialists undertake this type of study.
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3.3 IR Absorption Spectrum of cyc-CF2CF2CF2CF=CH−
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