Atmospheric photooxidation of fluoroacetates as a source of fluorocarboxylic acids

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2354-2359

  Blanco, M B ^a   Bejan, I ^b,c   Barnes, I ^b   Wiesen, P ^b   Teruel, Mariano A ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FISICOQUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^c ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CL ATOMS; DECOMPOSITION PATHWAY; FIVE-MEMBERED RINGS; GAS-PHASE REACTIONS; H-ATOM ABSTRACTION; IN-SITU FT-IR; PRODUCT DISTRIBUTIONS; REACTION CHANNELS; SYNTHETIC AIR; TRANSITION STATE; TRIFLUOROACETATES;

ACIDS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHASE INTERFACES; PHOTOOXIDATION;

ATOMS;

ACID ANHYDRIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHLORINE; ETHYL TRIFLUOROACETATE; FLUOROACETIC ACID; FLUOROCARBOXYLIC ACID; METHYL DIFLUOROACETATE; RADICAL; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID METHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETATE (ESTER); ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FLUORIDE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOOXIDATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DECOMPOSITION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; REACTION ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHLORINE; ESTERS; FLUOROACETATES; LIGHT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 77950384094     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903357j     Document Type: Article

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