Kinetic isotope effects in the gas phase reactions of OH and Cl with CH₃Cl, CD₃Cl, and ¹³CH₃Cl

A. A. Gola (1, 2) , B. d'Anna (1) , K. L. Feilberg (3) , S. R. Sellevåg (1) , L. Bache-Andreassen (1) , C. J. Nielsen (1)

1 Department of Chemistry [Oslo]
2 permanent address: Department of Physical Chemistry
3 Department of Chemistry [Copenhagen]

The kinetic isotope effects in the reactions of CH₃Cl, ¹³CH₃Cl and CD₃Cl with OH radicals and Cl atoms were studied in relative rate experiments at 298±2K and 1013±10mbar. The reactions were carried out in a smog chamber using long path FTIR detection and the spectroscopic data analyzed employing a non-linear least squares spectral fitting method using measured high-resolution infrared spectra as well as absorption cross sections from the HITRAN database. The reaction rates of ¹³CH₃Cl and CD₃Cl with OH and Cl were determined relative to CH₃Cl as: k_{OH + CH3Cl}/k_{OH + ¹³CH3Cl}=1.059±0.008, k_{OH + CH3Cl}/k_{OH + CD3Cl}=3.9±0.4, k_{Cl + CH3Cl}/k_{Cl + ¹³CH3Cl}=1.070±0.010 and k_{Cl + CH3Cl}/k_{Cl + CD3Cl}=4.91±0.07. The uncertainties given are 2? from the statistical analyses and do not include possible systematic errors. The unusually large ¹³C kinetic isotope effect in the OH reaction of CH₃Cl has important implications for the global emission inventory of CH₃Cl.

Domaines: Océan, Atmosphère

A. A. Gola, B. d'Anna, K. L. Feilberg, S. R. Sellevåg, L. Bache-Andreassen, et al.. Kinetic isotope effects in the gas phase reactions of OH and Cl with CH₃Cl, CD₃Cl, and ¹³CH₃Cl. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 2005, 5 (3), pp.3873-3898. ⟨hal-00301581⟩