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 (CH3CH2)2S were the following: (50 卤 3)%and (91 卤 3)%for SO2 and CH3CHO, respectively. While, for the reaction of OH radicals with CH3CH2SCH3 yields of (51 卤 2)%, (57 卤 3)%and (46 卤 4)%were obtained for SO2, CH3CHO and HCHO, respectively.
The present results are compared with previous results for the well studied reaction of dimethyl sulfide, CH3SCH3, with OH radicals and simple atmospheric degradation mechanisms are postulated to explain the formation of the observed products.