Enami, Shinichi and Hoffmann, Michael R. and Colussi, Agustín J. (2012) Dry Deposition of Biogenic Terpenes via Cationic Oligomerization on Environmental Aqueous Surfaces. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 3 (21). pp. 3102-3108. ISSN 1948-7185. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20130226-103805026
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Abstract
Unraveling the complex interactions between the atmosphere and the biosphere is critical for predicting climate changes. Although it is well-recognized that the large amounts of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) emitted by plants must play important roles in this regard, current atmospheric models fail to account for their fate due to missing chemical sinks. Here, we applied online electrospray mass spectrometry to monitor aqueous microjets exposed to gaseous monoterpenes (α-pinene, β-pinene, and d-limonene) and found that these BVOCs are readily protonated (to C_(10)H_(17)^+) and undergo oligomerization (to C_(20)H_(33)^+ and C_(30)H_(49)^+) upon colliding with the surface of pH < 4 microjets. By considering that the yields of all products show inflection points at pH ≈ 3.5 and display solvent kinetic hydrogen isotope effects larger than 2, we conclude that the oligomerization process is initiated by weakly hydrated hydronium ions, H_(3)O^+, present at the gas–water interface. Present results provide a universal mechanism for the dry deposition of unsaturated BVOCs and may account for recent observations on the uptake of terpenes in forest canopies and over grassland.
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| Additional Information: | © 2013 American Chemical Society. Received: August 29, 2012; accepted: October 8, 2012; published: October 8, 2012. This work was supported by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) PRESTO program and Grants-in-Aid from JSPS (Grant No. 23810013) and by NSF (U.S.A.) Grant AC-1238977. We are grateful to H. Mishra of Caltech for a helpful discussion. | |||||||||
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| Subject Keywords: | biogenic gases; polymerization; superacid chemistry; interface; heterogeneous reactions; on water | |||||||||
| Issue or Number: | 21 | |||||||||
| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:20130226-103805026 | |||||||||
| Persistent URL: | https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20130226-103805026 | |||||||||
| Official Citation: | Dry Deposition of Biogenic Terpenes via Cationic Oligomerization on Environmental Aqueous Surfaces Shinichi Enami, Michael R. Hoffmann, and Agustín J. Colussi The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2012 3 (21), 3102-3108 | |||||||||
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| ID Code: | 37145 | |||||||||
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| Deposited By: | Jason Perez | |||||||||
| Deposited On: | 26 Feb 2013 19:18 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2020 13:01 |
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