Unexpected epoxide formation in the gas-phase photooxidation of isoprene

Science

Volumn 325, Issue 5941, 2009, Pages 730-733

  Paulot, Fabien ^a   Crounse, John D ^b   Kjaergaard, Henrik G ^c,d   Kürten, Andreas ^a,f   Clair, Jason M St ^a   Seinfeld, John H ^a,b   Wennberg, Paul O ^a,e  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EPOXIDE; HYDROPEROXIDE DERIVATIVE; ISOPRENE;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; EMISSION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; ISOPRENE; MODELING; PHOTOOXIDATION;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; DEGRADATION; GAS; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 68449103058     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1172910     Document Type: Article

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