Can a single water molecule really catalyze the acetaldehyde + OH reaction in tropospheric conditions?

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 3112-3115

  Iuga, Cristina ^a,b   Alvarez Idaboy, J Raul ^b   Reyes, Lino ^b   Vivier Bunge, Annik ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC WATER; COMPUTATIONAL KINETICS; EFFECT OF WATER; METHOD OF CALCULATION; OH RADICAL; OH REACTION; ORGANIC VOLATILES; PSEUDO SECOND ORDER; RATE COEFFICIENTS; ROLE OF WATER; WATER MOLECULE;

ALDEHYDES; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; FREE RADICALS; REACTION KINETICS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

MOLECULES;

EID: 77958484259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz101218n     Document Type: Article

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