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Nitrogen-containing low volatile compounds from pinonaldehydedimethylamine reaction in the atmosphere: A laboratory and field study Geoffroy Duporté, Jevgeni Parshintsev, Luis M.F. Barreira, Kari Mikael Hartonen, Markku Kulmala, and Marja-Liisa Riekkola Environ. Sci. Technol., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00270 • Publication Date (Web): 01 Apr 2016 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on April 7, 2016

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Nitrogen-containing low volatile compounds from pinonaldehyde-dimethylamine reaction in the

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atmosphere: A laboratory and field study

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Geoffroy Duporté,† Jevgeni Parshintsev,† Luís M. F. Barreira,† Kari Hartonen,† Markku

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Kulmala,‡ and Marja-Liisa Riekkola*,†

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† Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O.

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Box 55, 00014 Helsinki, Finland

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‡ Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box

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64, 00014 Helsinki, Finland

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ABSTRACT

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Pinonaldehyde, which is among the most abundant oxidation products of α-pinene, and

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dimethylamine were selected to study the formation of N-containing low volatile compounds

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from aldehyde-amine reactions in the atmosphere. Gas phase reactions took place in a Tedlar

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bag, which was connected to a mass spectrometer ionization source via a short deactivated fused

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silica column. In addition to on-line analysis, abundance of gaseous precursors and reaction

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products were monitored off-line. Condensable products were extracted from the bag’s walls

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with a suitable solvent and analyzed by gas chromatography coupled to chemical ionization

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high-resolution quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry and by ultra-high-performance

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liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization Orbitrap mass spectrometry. The

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reactions carried out resulted in several mid-low vapor pressure nitrogen-containing compounds

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that are potentially important for the formation of secondary organic aerosols in the atmosphere.

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Further, the presence of brown carbon, confirmed by liquid chromatography-UV-Vis-mass

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spectrometry, was observed. Some of the compounds identified in the laboratory study were also

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observed in aerosol samples collected at SMEAR II station (Hyytiälä, Finland) in August 2015

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suggesting the importance of aldehyde-amine reactions for the aerosol formation and growth.

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INTRODUCTION

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Atmospheric aerosols play an important role in regional air quality, have adverse health impacts

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and can affect regional and global climate directly and inderectly.1-3 Primary aerosols are directly

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emitted in the atmosphere from a variety of sources, while secondary aerosols are formed

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through atmospheric oxidation and processing of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) via gas-to-

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particle partitioning.4 Secondary organic aerosols (SOA) have been identified as important

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contributors of atmospheric aerosols.5 Despite continuing studies, the effects of aerosols on

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climate, regional air quality and health are not yet well understood, mainly due to missing

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knowledge of secondary aerosol precursors, chemical composition and mechanisms of SOA

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formation which are today the main challenges in the field of atmospheric aerosols. Among the

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atmospherically relevant compounds, amines have been demonstrated to play an important role

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in new particle formation (nucleation) events and secondary organic aerosol formation.6-8

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Amines are emitted to the atmosphere from industry, combustion, biomass burning, animal

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husbandry and the oceans.6 In addition, soil and vegetation act as their important sources,

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especially during periods with high biological activity.6 These compounds are ubiquitous in the

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atmosphere, as e.g. Ge et al.6 have shown by summarizing 154 identified amines in the

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atmosphere emitted from anthropogenic and biogenic sources. The most abundant amines in the

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atmosphere are low-molecular weight aliphatic amines such as methylamine (MA),

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dimethylamine (DMA) and trimethylamine (TMA). Atmospheric removal pathway for amines

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include oxidation reactions with ozone (O3), hydroxyl (OH) radical or nitrate (NO3) radical9-12

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and reactions with inorganic acids (nitric or sulfuric acids).6-8,

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pressures, they can affect the chemistry and lifecycle of atmospheric aerosols, especially due to

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their unique acid-neutralizing capacity. Many recent studies have highlighted the role of amines

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in the formation of secondary aerosols and growth (nucleation, secondary organic and inorganic

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aerosol mixtures) from laboratory experiments8, 12, 14, 15 and field campaigns.16 The nucleation

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rate of amine/sulfuric acid system can be three orders of magnitudes higher than that of NH3.8

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The reactions between carbonyl compounds or organic acids and amines may also contribute

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significantly to nanoparticle growth.17 Recent studies suggest that in the atmosphere carbonyl

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compounds, such as glyoxal, methylglyoxal, glycoaldehyde or hydroxyacetone form N-

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containing and oligomeric compounds with small amines in aqueous aerosols.14, 18-21 The impact

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of these aqueous reactions on secondary organic aerosol formation and brown carbon formation

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has been recently demonstrated.14, 18, 20

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In this context, the aim of this work was to improve our understanding of aldehyde-amine

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reactions in the atmosphere and to assess the potential of these reactions in the formation of

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secondary organic aerosols. In our study pinonaldehyde and dimethylamine were employed as

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model compounds for the clarification of gas phase aldehyde-amine reaction products with a

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special focus on the formation of N-containing compounds. Pinonaldehyde-DMA reactions were

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performed in Tedlar bag and reaction products were monitored with high performance analytical

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methodologies. The gaseous phase was first characterized on-line by chemical ionization mass

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spectrometry. Thecompounds from DMA-pinonaldehyde reactions were also identified by high

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performance off-line analytical techniques: by gas chromatography coupled to chemical

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ionization high-resolution quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC-CI-QTOF-MS) and

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ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization Orbitrap mass

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spectrometry (UHPLC-HRMS). Formation of brown carbon was studied using liquid

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chromatography coupled with UV-Vis detector and mass spectrometry. Ambient aerosol

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samples, collected from SMEAR II boreal forest site at Hyytiälä, Finland, during August 2015,

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were analyzed by the same techniques to support the results of laboratory experiments.

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EXPERIMENTAL SECTION

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Tedlar bag experiments

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Pinonaldehyde was synthesized by oxidative bond cleavage of pinanediol (Sigma Aldrich, St.

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Louis, USA, 99 %) according to the method described by Glasius et al.22 Solid dimethylamine

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HCl (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, USA, 99 %) was used to prepare DMA solution (2 mL) by

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weighing and diluting it with ultrapure water (DirectQ-UV, Millipore, USA).

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Reactivity experiments were carried out under dry conditions, at atmospheric pressure and 295 ±

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3 K in a 10 L Teflon reaction chamber (Tedlar® bag, Sigma-Aldrich), which was filled with

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nitrogen. At first, a desired volume of pinonaldehyde was injected into the bag by microliter

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syringe and evaporated slowly by applying heat from a hair dryer. Because pinonaldehyde

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decomposes easily when heated, the composition of gaseous phase has been checked after its

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evaporation to confirm the absence of degradation products. Gas phase DMA was prepared

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separately in a headspace vial (20 ml) from the solution by adding 200 µL of 5 M potassium

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hydroxide (J.T. Baker, Sweden) through the septa with a syringe. The vial was left to equilibrate

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for approximately 10 min at room temperature. A known volume of headspace was sampled

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using 5 ml gastight syringe and injected in the bag when the signalof pinonaldehyde was stable.

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Gas-phase constituents were monitored on-line using 0.1 mm i.d. deactivated fused silica

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capillary, which connected Tedlar bag with chemical ionization source of a triple quadrupole

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mass spectrometer with unit mass resolution (Bruker Scion 436-MS). Vacuum of the mass

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spectrometer was used to sample reaction mixture. Isobutane C4H10 (99.95 %, AGA), gas with

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high proton affinity (818.9 kJ/mol), was used for chemical ionization to minimize fragmentation.

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Off-line analysis

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Complementary off-line techniques were used to study the chemical composition of gas and

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condensable products. Sampling of the gas phase was performed during the reaction using

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gastight syringe (1 mL) for the analysis by gas chromatography-quadrupole-time-of-flight mass

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spectrometry (GC-QTOF-MS). Low volatile products condensed on the walls of the bag were

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analyzed by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled with high resolution mass

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spectrometry (UHPLC-HRMS) after extraction with acetonitrile. Reaction products were studied

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also for their light absorbing properties (brown carbon) by adding UV-Vis spectrophotometer

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before the mass spectrometric detection.

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Gas chromatographic analysis

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A 7200 accurate-mass GC-QTOF MS instrument (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, USA) was

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used to identify gaseous compounds from DMA-pinonaldehyde reaction, operating in CI mode.

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The GC separation was performed using a HP-5 MS capillary column (Agilent Technologies,

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Santa Clara, USA) 30 m x 0.25 mm i.d. and a film thickness of 0.25 µm. The injector was

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operated at 250 °C and helium (purity > 99.999 %) was used as the carrier at constant pressure of

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0.76 bars. The GC oven temperature was as follows: 35 °C (held for 3 min), then 15 °C/min to

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325 °C (held for 3 min), resulting in a total run time of 25.3 min. The transfer line temperature

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was 280 °C while ion source was kept at 250 °C. TOF for MS was operated at 5 spectra/s

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acquiring the mass range m/z 70–600 with resolution of 13500. Isobutane was used as chemical

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ionization gas. Emission and electron energy were respectively fixed to 150 µA and 150 eV. The

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MS2 conditions were optimized for each compound with a quadrupole for isolation at a medium

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MS resolution and 20 was selected as collision energy. MassHunter qualitative analysis B.07 was

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used for the treatment of data.

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Liquid chromatographic analysis

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After reaction, the walls of the bag were washed with 4 × 5 mL of acetonitrile using glass

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pipette. The extracts were evaporated with a gentle stream of nitrogen until 100 µL. The final

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extracts were dissolved in 80:20 water/acetonitrile (v/v). To check for possible hydrolysis, some

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samples were dissolved in pure acetonitrile. Condensable products were analyzed with a Thermo

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Ultimate 3000 UHPLC coupled with an Orbitrap Fusion TMS (Tribrid mass spectrometer), using

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an Acquity UPLC BEH C18 column (Waters, Ireland) (50 x 2.1 mm, 1.7 µm). The eluent

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composition was (A) 0.1 % formic acid in Milli-Q grade water and (B) 0.1 % formic acid in

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acetonitrile at a flow rate of 0.6 mL/min. The mobile phase gradient was initially 95:5 (v/v, A/B),

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increased to 100 % B along 15 min and returned to 95:5 (v/v, A/B) in 1 min and then kept for 4

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min to equilibrate the column. Electrospray ionization was used in the positive mode. The

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parameters used for the mass spectrometer were the following: spray voltage 3000 V, sweep gas

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flow rate 0 respective arbitrary units (AU); sheath gas flow rate 10 AU; aux gas flow rate 5 AU;

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ion transfer tube temperature 350 °C; vaporizer temperature 300 °C; Orbitrap resolution 120 000;

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scan range m/z 50-600; maximum injection time 100 ms; automated gain control (AGC) target

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250 000; S-lens RF level, 60 %.

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Formation of the brown carbon during the reaction was studied by Agilent 1260 Infinity HPLC-

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UV-Vis system coupled with Agilent 6420 triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. The

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chromatographic conditions were the same as for the Orbitrap analysis, except for the flow rate,

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which was 0.3 mL/min and the eluent composition, which was (A) 0.01 % acetic acid in Milli-Q

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grade water and (B) 0.01 % acetic acid in acetonitrile. In addition to mass spectrum, UV-Vis

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spectrum in range from 300 to 500 nm was recorded.

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Ambient samples

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Sampling

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Boreal forest samples were collected from August 3 to August 27, 2015 at the Station for

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Measuring Forest Ecosystem-Atmosphere Relations (SMEAR II) at Hyytiälä, in southern

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Finland (61°50.845’ N, 24°17.686’ E, 179 m above sea level).23 The largest nearby city is

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Tampere, situated 60 km south west from SMEAR II station with around 200 000 inhabitants.

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Flora in Hyytiälä is dominated by Scots pine and Norway spruces.

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Samples were collected using two different set-ups (Figure S1). The size segregated samples

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were collected using a differential mobility analyzer to select a specific size of ultrafine particles

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(30 ± 6 nm particle size). Scheme of the 30 nm aerosol collection system is presented in our

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previous study24. This set-up was optimized to increase the aerosol flow rate to 9.6 L/min. The

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differential mobility analyzer was operated in a closed-loop flow arrangement with a sheath flow

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of 39 L/min. Voltages, corresponding to particle sizes of 30 nm, were preselected to collect

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particles onto PTFE filter (47 mm, 1.0 µm, Pall Corporation) placed downstream of the

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differential mobility analyzer sample flow (9.6 L/min). A timer was connected to the high

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voltage (HV) supply, which switched off the voltage and simultaneously the three-way valve to

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collect zero samples. Thus, 30 nm particles were collected for a 15 min period, and particle-free

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air was sampled onto a second filter for a further 15 min period. Before size segregation,

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particles were brought to a known charge distribution with an Am-241 alpha-source (60 MBq).

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The validation of this set-up was performed in our laboratory and in this configuration the

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aerosol size was 30 ± 6 nm (Figure S2). Total suspended particles (TSP) were collected

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simultaneously with gas phase using the set-up described in Figure S1b. TSP were collected also

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on PTFE filters at 4.7 L/min. The collection time was 72 hours for 30 nm aerosol particles and

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24 hours for TSP and gas phase sampling. As described in Figure S1b, gas phase was collected

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into two different solid phase extraction (SPE) cartridges (C8 and divinylbenzene (DVB)

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cartridges). After sampling and until analysis, filters were kept in 10 mL of acetonitrile in dark in

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a freezer at -18°C. The SPE cartridges were immediately extracted slowly with 7.5 mL of

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acetonitrile and were kept in dark in a freezer at -18°C.

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Sample preparation

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Before the analysis, test tubes with filters in acetonitrile were sonicated for 30 min. Extracts from

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filter samples and SPE cartridges were evaporated with a gentle stream of nitrogen until 250 µL

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volume was reached. Half of the sample was kept in acetonitrile for LC analysis. The other half

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of the sample was evaporated until 10 µL and reconstituted in 100 µL of dichloromethane for GC

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analysis. Ambient samples were analyzed by GC-QTOF-MS and UHPLC-Orbitrap Fusion TMS

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using the same methods as for laboratory reactivity experiments. Field blanks (particle-free air

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samples, blank filter samples and blank SPE cartridges) and laboratory blanks were extracted and

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analyzed following the same procedures to determine any potential contamination during the

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sampling, transportation, storage and the analysis.

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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Table 1 presents the initial experimental conditions from pinonaldehyde-DMA reactions

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observed in this work. First experiments (R0, B0(1) and B0(2)) were performed in high

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concentrations in order to test if the formation of gaseous and condensable products from

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pinonaldehyde-DMA reactions occur and to optimize the different analytical methodologies (on-

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line analysis by CI-MS and off-line analysis by GC-CI-QTOF-MS and UHPLC-HRMS). Other

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experiments (R1, R2, R3, B1 and B2) were performed in lower concentrations. Wall losses of

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pinonaldehyde were always observed and quantified to be around 10-30 % according the

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experiments, so order of magnitude of the expected gas phase concentration was not affected.

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Since approach used here was not designed for atmospherically relevant conditions, only

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qualitative information is presented.

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On-line monitoring of the reaction mixture by CI-MS revealed decreased pinonaldehyde

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concentration after the injection of DMA (Figure S3). This observation demonstrated the

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reactivity in gas phase between DMA and pinonaldehdyde, even in “low” concentration

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(reactions R1). The formation of gaseous product was simultaneously confirmed by the increased

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m/z 196 ion signal. For the experiments R0, R2 and R3, initial increase in the abundance of the

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ion m/z 196 was followed by its decrease (Figure S3), demonstrating possible reactivity of m/z

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196 with DMA and/or pinonaldehyde. No other gaseous products in the scan range of 80 - 400

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m/z were observed, meaning that the reaction leads to the formation of low-volatile compounds,

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which are condensed on the walls of the bag. In order to get structural information of the gaseous

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and condensable products, high resolution off-line GC-QTOF-MS and UHPLC-HRMS analysis

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(MS2 or MS3) were performed and the results are described below.

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Gaseous products from pinonaldehyde-DMA reaction

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GC-QTOF-MS base peak chromatograms (BPCs) of m/z 169.1223 (pinonaldehyde, C10H17O2+)

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and the product of the reaction between pinonaldehyde and DMA m/z 196.1696 (± 3 ppm)

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together with its fragmentation pattern are shown in Figures 1a and 1b. Difference between

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theoretical and measured masses obtained by TOF-MS are small and well within commonly

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acceptable errors (i. e, ± 5 ppm). These results demonstrate the formation of m/z 196.1696

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products in gas phase during all the experiments. Gaseous products (m/z 196.1696) were not

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observed in the blank experiments (B0(1), B0(2), B1 and B2). The analysis revealedthat there are

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three isomers formed in the reaction. Based on the accurate mass measurements combined with

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fragmentation patterns(Figure 1b), evidence of nitrogen containing compounds was confirmed in

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our experiments. Accurate masses of these three compounds indicate that their [M + H]+ ion

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formula is C12H22NO+. The CI and EI spectra of these three isomers are given in Figure S4. MS2

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experiments show that all isomers produce the same fragments, but their ratios slightly differ.

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The main gaseous compound (Figure 1a, iii) accounts for 94 ± 3 % of the gaseous reaction

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products detected from pinonaldehyde-DMA experiments.

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The m/z 196.1696 ions were also observed by UHPLC-HRMS from the acetonitrile extract of the

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walls of the bag after DMA-pinonaldehyde experiments. Figures 2a and 2b present respectively

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the MS2 fragmentation pattern of the main m/z 196.1696 ion and the MS3 fragmentation pattern

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of the fragment ion m/z 126.1278. The neutral loss of C2H7N (45.0578) is consistent with the

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formation of amine reaction product, especially from dimethylamine. The MS2 fragmentation

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pattern from GC-QTOF-MS analysis shows the formation of acetaldehyde ion m/z 43.0178

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(C2H3O+), demonstrating that the reaction between DMA and pinonaldehyde occurred on the

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aldehyde function. Figure 1b, 2a and 2b show the formation of m/z 71.0491 (C4H7O+) product

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ion and m/z 126.1277 (C8H16N+) product ion (rupture of the cyclobutane moieties), confirming

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the structure of the main gaseous product from pinonaldehyde-DMA reaction presented in the

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Figure 2c. The proposed MS2 fragmentation pathway of the ion m/z 196.1696 is given in Figure

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S5.

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The chemical formulas of these isomers, based on high resolution MS, were confirmed to be

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C12H21ON, thus corresponding to chemical structure with degree of unsaturation of 3 (Figure 2c).

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The MS2 fragmentation patterns of the isomers are similar, proving the formation of

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configurational isomers (geometric or optical isomers). The structure proposed in Figure 2c is in

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the agreement with the mechanism proposed by Qiu and Zhang,17 suggesting the formation of

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enamine compound from the reaction between the carbonyl and secondary amine functionalities.

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Accordingly it is obvious that DMA reacts on the aldehyde function to give carbinolamines

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which then dehydrate to give enamine compounds.25 The structure of these compounds are

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similar to some N-containing compounds which play an important role in the chemistry of

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atmospheric brown carbon,26 suggesting that DMA-pinonaldehyde may be important not only for

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secondary organic aerosol formation but also for the formation of brown carbon. As presented in

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a recent review on multiphase chemistry of atmospheric amines,17 the carbonyl group can react

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with secondary amines to form enamine compounds. These compounds may condense on or be

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partitioned into the particle-phase and engage in heterogeneous reactions. The formation of

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imines, enamines and polymerized products from the reaction between amines and carbonyl

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compounds in bulk solution or particle phase reactions have been also demonstrated

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previously.27

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In order to assess atmospheric relevance of them/z 196.1696, its vapor pressure was determined

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using gas chromatographic approach developed in our laboratory. Briefly, the method is based

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on relation between vapor pressure and the retention time in GC. Compounds with similar

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functionality and known vapor pressure values eluting before and after the studied compound are

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used as references for the calculation.28 Vapor pressure was found to be (7.7 ± 0.5) × 10-3 Torr at

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298 K, being 10 times lower than the vapor pressure of pinonaldehyde and in the same order of

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magnitude as that of pinonic acid.29 Thus, it is clear that the product has high potential to

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participate in the formation of secondary organic aerosol in the atmosphere. Moreover, relatively

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low vapor pressure explains why the compound was seen in both gas and liquid phases.

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Formation of low-volatile compounds from pinonaldehyde-DMA reaction

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Figure 3 presents total ion chromatograms (TICs) from the DMA-pinonaldehyde reaction sample

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(3a) and from the pinonaldehyde sample (3b) obtained by Orbitrap UHPLC-HRMS analysis.

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Based on the accurate mass measurements (Table 2), evidence of N-containing low-volatile

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compounds was confirmed under our experimental conditions from the extraction samples of the

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bag walls. Differences between the theoretical and measured masses are very small and well

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within commonly acceptable errors (i. e. < ± 3 ppm). According to our knowledge, this is the

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first time when these compounds are reported in the literature. Our results are in agreement with

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previous studies that have demonstrated the formation of N-containing oligomeric compounds

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from small carbonyl compound and amines.14, 18

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As discussed in the previous section, m/z 196.1696 ions were also detected in condensable phase,

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demonstrating that these compounds may be partitioning between gas and particle phase in

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ambient conditions. Another C12 compound was detected in our experimental conditions with

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accurate mass suggesting formula of C12H24ON+ for the protonated molecular ion. High-

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molecular weight nitrogen containing compounds (MW > 360 Da), such as those containing one

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DMA and two pinonaldehydes (dimeric structure), were also detected. At least two isomers of

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m/z 364.2846 (C22H38O3N+) and five isomers of m/z 380.2795 (C22H38O4N+) were observed in

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the analysis of condensation products (Table 2). The accurate mass measurements of their

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corresponding [M + H]+ ions indicate the formation of C22 carbon compounds. Liggio et al.,30

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proposed the formation of pinonaldehyde dimers which can react further with DMA and explain

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the formation of these low volatile N-containing compounds. The formation of m/z 196.1696,

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m/z 198.1853, m/z 364.2846 and m/z 380.2795 were observed in all the experiments (excluding

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blanks). In high concentration conditions (reaction R0), ions with m/z 532.3996 were also

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detected. The accurate masses of these [M + H]+ ions indicate that their formula is C32H54O5N+.

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However, most probably these compounds are not formed in ambient conditions because they

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were not observed during the low concentration experiments R1, R2 and R3. The same results

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for the condensation products were obtained also with the APCI, which further proves that these

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products were formed in the reaction and not in the MS ionization process (adduct and cluster

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formation should be different compared to ESI). These results suggest the potential role of

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DMA-pinonaldehyde reaction and more generally aldehyde-amine reactions to participate in the

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formation of N-containing low-volatile organic compounds. Analogs of these products were also

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observed previously during the reaction between ozonolysis oxidation products from limonene or

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α-pinene and ammonia.31-33 Previous field measurements have also demonstrated the occurrence

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of N-containing high-MW compounds with carbon-nitrogen bonds in urban aerosols, suggesting

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that carbonyl-amine reactions may be an important source of nitrogen-containing compounds in

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the aerosol-phase in the atmosphere.34 Because pinonaldehyde is present in particle phase in the

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atmosphere,35 multiphase chemistry of atmospheric amines with pinonaldehyde may take place.

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Futhermore, water in particles can catalyze the heterogeneous aldehyde-amine reactions.17 Water

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is also important for dimerization via hydrates36 which could explain the higher mass products

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obtained here.

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Interestingly, the extracts from experiments R0 were yellow, suggesting that DMA-

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pinonaldehyde may play a role in brown carbon formation. Thus, we evaluated the ability of

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DMA-pinonaldehyde to form light-absorbing species, as demonstrated in aqueous phase

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reactions of small carbonyl compounds and amines.20, 37 Previous studies have also demonstrated

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the formation of brown carbon from carbonyl compounds from ozonolysis of α-pinene and

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limonene with NH3.31-33, 38 These studies have highlighted the significant fraction of carbonyl-

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imine conversion products. As can be seen in Figure S6, condensable products indeed absorb

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radiation in the range from 300 to 500 nm. The Figure shows separately absorption spectra for

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m/z 196 and two dimers (m/z 364, 380) as well as the average absorption spectra for the whole

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chromatogram. Note, that in contrast to m/z 196, dimers have high absorption demonstrating that

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they might play an important role for brown carbon formation. UV-Vis chromatogram differs

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significantly from the MS chromatogram, namely the former suggests that the studied reaction

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produces much more brown carbon compounds, compared to the results obtained by MS.

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Interestingly, the reaction between pinonaldehyde and ammonia did not result in formation of

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brown carbon species in liquid phase as was shown by Nguyen et al.39 Our results indicate that

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the chemistry of dimethylamine is different.31-33,

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clear, but its study in detail requires additional experiments and was out of scope of this research.

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Atmospheric evidence of N-containing compounds from DMA-pinonaldehyde reaction in

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Boreal forest samples

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Figure 4 shows the comparison of base peak chromatograms (BCPs) for the ion m/z 196.1696

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2015), (C) TSP sample (August 14-15, 2015), and for (D) DVB cartridge SPE (August 14-15,

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2015). Based on good agreement between the retention times and the accurate masses obtained,

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the m/z 196 and m/z 380 found in the boreal forest samples were attributed to the N-containing

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compounds from pinonaldehyde-DMA reactions. The other reaction products identified in

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At least four isomers of m/z 196 were detected from the laboratory experiments but only one

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from ambient samples (RT 4.97 min). Detection of the ion with m/z 196 also in ambient gas

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phase samples agrees with the results from the laboratory experiments. Two compounds

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(C12H21ON and C22H37O4N) were detected in TSP and 30 nm aerosol samples, meaning that

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DMA-pinonaldehyde reactions may play an important role in the first step of the formation of

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new particles in the atmosphere. Quantification was not possible in this work, since sufficient

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amount of synthesized and purified compounds was not available. Nevertheless, it would be

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worthwhile to quantify these compounds in future studies to estimate their contribution to the

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formation of SOA in the atmosphere. Figure 5 presents the peak area divided by the sampling

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volume (in liters) of m/z 196.1696 (RT 4.97 min) and m/z 380.2795 ions (RT 6.30 min) for the

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30 nm aerosol samples as well as the 28.2 + 31.6 nm aerosol concentration from differential

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As shown in Figure 5, the trend of m/z 196.1696 ion is in good agreement with the number

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concentration of 30 nm aerosols in the atmosphere, except for sample 2 (August 6-10, 2015) and

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sample 3 (August 10-14, 2015). No correlation was found with meteorological parameters, with

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the concentration of atmospheric oxidants or with the concentration of monoterpenes to explain

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the low concentration of m/z 196.1696 ions in sample 2 and 3. The m/z 380.2795 ion was

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observed only in one sample (14-17 of August 2015) with the highest concentration of 30 nm

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aerosol particles. As presented in supplementary information (Figure S7), the three days

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measured (14-17 August 2015) were characterized by high nucleation events, suggesting a direct

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link between the formation of these compounds and the formation of new particles in the

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atmosphere. Figure S8 presents the identification of these compounds in TSP samples during

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August, 2015. From the total of 23 samples, C12H21ON and C22H37O4N compounds were

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detected in ten and four samples during this field campaign in the boreal forest. Our results prove

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that the two compounds, C22H21ON and C22H37O4N, can be formed also under ambient

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In this study, new evidence was achieved on the nitrogen-containing compounds originating

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from DMA-pinonaldehyde reaction in both laboratory experiments and ambient air (gas and

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aerosol phase) sampled in the boreal forest at Hyytiälä, Finland. Because aldehyde compounds

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and amines are ubiquitous in the atmosphere, the reactions in gas phase or the heterogeneous

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reactions between these compounds could be important for the formation and growth of SOAs in

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the atmosphere. These observations suggests the potential impact of amine-aldehyde chemistry

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sulfuric acid, nitric acids or organic acids are commonly available in the atmospheric particle-

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phase. However, more studies are needed to quantify these compounds in ambient samples and

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to elucidate their formation pathways. The experimental approach described in this study was

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efficient for the preliminary screening of possible reactions and their products on-line with the

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possibility of collecting samples for the off-line GC and UHPLC analysis with HRMS detection.

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Additional confirmation of the results from the reaction experiments could be done in smog

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chamber with more atmospherically relevant conditions.

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FIGURES

(iii)

1(a)

(i)

126.1281

1(b) 71.0499 43.0179

(ii)

+

C4H7O + C2H3O (+2.81 ppm) (+2.32 ppm)

(iii)

+

C8H16N (+1.58 ppm) 111.1045 +

C7H13N (+1.80 ppm)

196.1700 +

C12H22ON (+2.04 ppm)

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Figure 1: 1(a) GC-QTOF-MS base peak chromatograms (BPCs) of m/z 169.1223

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experiments injected by gas tight syringe (1.0 mL) from DMA-pinonaldehyde reaction by GC-

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QTOF-MS, 1(b) MS2 fragmentation pattern of m/z 196.1696 ion (iii). Chemical ionization with

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isobutane.

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C8H16N (+ 0.82 ppm)

Relative Abundance

2(a) +

C12H22ON (- 0.01ppm)

C4H6O (- 1.49 ppm) +

C8H11 (+1.61 ppm)

C10H15O (- 0.18

C2H4O (- 2.42 ppm)

+

C2H7N (- 0.64 ppm)

Relative Abundance

m/z

m

2(b)

+

C8H16N (+ 1.38 ppm)

C2H7N (- 1.97 ppm) +

+

C6H9

C7H13N

(+2.06 ppm)

(+3.24 ppm)

m/z

2(c) CH3 O

N CH3

H3C

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H3C

CH3

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Figure 2: 2(a) MS2 of m/z 196.1696 ion and 2(b) MS3 of m/z 126.1277 ion by Orbitrap UHPLC-

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HRMS with electrospray ionization (ESI), and 2(c) proposed structure of the main reaction

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product

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dimethylcyclobutyl}ethanone.

from

pinonaldehyde-DMA

reaction,

1-{3-[2-(dimethylamino)vinyl]-2,2-

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Relative Abundance

Relative Abundance

RT: 1.17 – 7.81 RT: 1.17 - 7.81 100 80

m/z 196 4.79 2.65

4.73

60 40

4.98 4.98

m/z 169 pinonaldehyde 4.28 3.78

3(a)

7.37 NL: 2.78E9 m/z 364 6.64 7.29 7.66 TIC MS M15110905 6.96

4.35

6.30

20

NL: 1.06E9 TIC MS M15110906

2.70 2.70

100 80 60

3(b) 7.66

40 20 2

3

4

5

6

7

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Time (min)

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Figure 3: Total ion chromatograms (TICs) from DMA-pinonaldehyde reactions (3a) and from

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pinonaldehyde (3b) by Orbitrap UHPLC-HRMS using electrospray ionization (ESI).

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Figure 4: Base peak chromatograms of m/z 196.1696 ± 0.0003 and m/z 380.2795 ± 0.0003 by

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UHPLC-HRMS from (A) pinonaldehyde-DMA laboratory experiments, (B) 30 nm aerosol

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sample (August 14-17, 2015), (C) TSP sample (August 14-15, 2015), and (D) gas phase

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m/z 196.1696 (RT 4.97 min) m/z 380.2795 (RT 6.30 min) 28.2 + 31.6 nm aerosol

7000 6000

5

5000

4

4000 3 3000 2

2000

1

1000

0

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Figure 5: Relative abundance normalized to sample volume (L) of protonated molecular ions m/z

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196.1696 and m/z 380.2795 in 30 nm aerosol samples and the number concentration of 30 nm

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aerosol particles at Hyytiälä, Finland from 3rd to 27th of August 2015

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Table 1: Summary of the experimental conditions of Tedlar bag experiments and identification

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of gaseous product by GC-QTOF-MS analysis using chemical ionization. The presence of

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gaseous products is indicated by + and absence by -. Experiment

Pinonaldehyde (ppm)

DMA (ppm)

Gaseous product

Number of repetitions

R0

100

1000

+

3

R1

1.0

1.0

+

3

R2

1.0

10.0

+

3

R3

3.0

30.0

+

3

B0(1)

100

0

-

1

B0(2)

0

1000

-

1

B1

0

1.0

-

3

B2

1.0

0

-

3

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Table 2: Protonated N-containing compounds found by UHPLC-HRMS analysis in the

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condensable phase of the DMA-pinonaldehyde reaction. [M+H]+ detected ions (m/z)

Molecular formula

∆m (ppm)

Experiments

196.16959

C12H22ON

+

- 0.01

R0, R1, R2, R3

198.18531

C12H24ON+

- 0.35

R0, R1, R2, R3

364.28461

C22H38O3N+

- 0.04

R0, R1, R2, R3

380.27939

C22H38O4N+

- 0.38

R0, R1, R2, R3

532.39984

+

- 0.36

R0

C32H54O5N

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Supporting Information.

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Figure S1 presents the scheme of the 30 nm aerosol collection system and the scheme for the

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collection of TSP and gas samples used at Hyytiälä in August 2015. Figure S2 presents the

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validation of the set-up of 30 nm aerosol collection. Figure S3 presents the on-line monitoring

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plot of the reaction between DMA and pinonaldehyde by CI-MS. Figure S4 shows the CI and EI

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spectra from the three gaseous reaction products detected by GC-QTOF-MS. Figure S5 presents

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the MS2 fragmentation pathway of the ion m/z 196. Figure S6 presents the chromatograms of

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condensable products with UV-Vis and MS detectors. Figure S7 presents the new particles

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formation events observed in Hyytiälä from August 14th to 18th, 2015. Figure S8 presents the

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variation of UHPLC peak areas of ions m/z 196.1696 and m/z 380.2795 detected by HRMS in the

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TSP samples from Hyytiälä from the 4th to 26th of August 2015. This material is available free of

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charge via the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org.

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AUTHOR INFORMATION

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Corresponding Author

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*Marja-Liisa Riekkola. Tel: +358 405058848. E-mail address: [email protected]

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The authors declare no competing financial interest.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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The financial support of the Academy of Finland Center of Excellence program (project no

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272041) is gratefully acknowledged. Martin Söderström is thanked for the help with LC-HRMS

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analysis and Charlotte Jones for the help in the laboratory. Agilent Technologies is

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acknowledged for the technical support and cooperation. Technical staff at the SMEAR II

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Station are thanked for the valuable help.

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