Publication Date:
2018-07-04
Description:
Photo-tautomerization of acetaldehyde as a photochemical source of formic acid in the troposphere Photo-tautomerization of acetaldehyde as a photochemical source of formic acid in the troposphere, Published online: 03 July 2018; doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04824-2 The concentration of formic acid in Earth’s atmosphere is under-predicted by atmospheric models. Here the authors show that acetaldehyde photo-tautomerizes to vinyl alcohol under tropospheric conditions, with subsequent oxidation via OH radicals supplying up to 60% of total modeled formic acid production over oceans.
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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