The dihydroxycarbonyl product
s of the i
somerizationreaction
s of the
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s formedafter OH radical addition to the 1-alkene
s 1-butenethrough 1-octene have been ob
served by direct air
sampling atmo
sph
eric pre
ssure ionization ma
ss spectrometry (API-MS). The experimental data obtainedprovide direct evidence for
s/gifchar
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somerization via a
six-member tran
sition
state. Ourdata
show that the importance of
s/gifchar
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somerization in the OH radical-initiatedreaction
sof the 1-alkene
s increa
se
s with carbon number,being unimportant for 1-butene and dominating for1-heptene and 1-octene.