The product distri
bution of the gas-phase reactions of OH radicals with diethyl sulfide (
CHb>3b>CH
b>2b>)
b>2b>S and ethyl methyl sulfide, CH
b>3b>CH
b>2b>SCH
b>3b>, determined in the a
bsence of NOx, is presented. The experiments were performed in a 1080 L quartz-glass photoreactor and a 405 L
borosilicate glass photoreactor in synthetic air at (298 卤 2) K using long path 鈥渋n situ鈥?FTIR spectroscopy for the analysis of the reactants and products. SO
b>2b> and CH
b>3b>CHO were identified as major primary products for
both title reactions together with HCHO as a co-product in the photodegradation of CH
b>3b>CH
b>2b>SCH
b>3b>.
Formation of CO and HCOOH was observed, however, the concentration-time behavior of these products show that they are secondary in origin and are produced from the further oxidation of major primary products. Traces of OCS were observed; its concentration-time behavior suggests that it is a minor primary product. The yields of the products obtained for the reaction of OH radicals with (CHb>3b>CHb>2b>)b>2b>S were the following: (50 卤 3)%and (91 卤 3)%for SOb>2b> and CHb>3b>CHO, respectively. While, for the reaction of OH radicals with CHb>3b>CHb>2b>SCHb>3b> yields of (51 卤 2)%, (57 卤 3)%and (46 卤 4)%were obtained for SOb>2b>, CHb>3b>CHO and HCHO, respectively.
The present results are compared with previous results for the well studied reaction of dimethyl sulfide, CHb>3b>SCHb>3b>, with OH radicals and simple atmospheric degradation mechanisms are postulated to explain the formation of the observed products.