Glyoxal in Aqueous Ammonium Sulfate Solutions: Products, Kinetics and Hydration Effects

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• 作者：Ge Yu ; Amanda R. Bayer ; Melissa M. Galloway ; Kyle J. Korshavn ; Charles G. Fry ; Frank N. Keutsch
• 刊名：Environmental Science & Technology
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：August 1, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：45
• 期：15
• 页码：6336-6342
• 全文大小：845K
• 年卷期：v.45,no.15(August 1, 2011)
• ISSN：1520-5851

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Reactions and interactions between glyoxal and salts in aqueous solution were studied. Glyoxal was found to react with ammonium to form imidazole, imidazole-2-carboxaldehyde, formic acid, N-glyoxal substituted imidazole, and minor products at very low concentrations. Overall reaction orders and rates for each major product were measured. Sulfate ions have a strong and specific interaction with glyoxal in aqueous solution, which shifts the hydration equilibria of glyoxal from the unhydrated carbonyl form to the hydrated form. This ion-specific effect contributes to the observed enhancement of the effective Henry鈥檚 law coefficient for glyoxal in sulfate-containing solutions. The results of UV鈥搗is absorption and NMR spectroscopy studies of solutions of glyoxal with ammonium, methylamine, and dimethylamine salts reveal that light absorbing compounds require the formation of nitrogen containing molecules. These findings have implications on the role of glyoxal in the atmosphere, both in models of the contribution of glyoxal to form secondary organic aerosol (SOA), the role of nitrogen containing species for aerosol optical properties and in predictions of the behavior of other carbonyls or dicarbonyls in the atmosphere.