Overall rate constant measurements of the reaction of hydroxy- and chloroalkylperoxy radicals derived from methacrolein and methyl vinyl ketone with nitric oxide.

The overall rate constants of the reactions of NO with hydroxy- and chloroalkylperoxy radicals, derived from the OH- and Cl-initiated oxidation of methacrolein and methyl vinyl ketone, respectively, were directly determined for the first time using the turbulent-flow technique and pseudo-first-order kinetics conditions with high-pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry for the direct detection of peroxy radical reactants. The individual 100 Torr, 298 K hydroxyalkylperoxy + NO rate constants for the methacrolein [(0.93 +/- 0.12) (2sigma) x 10(-11) cm3 molecule(-1) s(-1)] and methyl vinyl ketone [(0.84 +/- 0.10) x 10(-11) cm3 molecule(-1) s(-1)] systems were found to be identical within the 95% confidence interval associated with each separate measurement, as were the chloroalkylperoxy + NO rate constants for both methacrolein [(1.17 +/- 0.11) x 10(-11) cm3 molecule(-1) s(-1)] and methyl vinyl ketone [(1.14 +/- 0.14) x 10(-11) cm3 molecule(-1) s(-1)]. However, the difference in the rate constants between the hydroxyperoxy + NO and chloroalkylperoxy + NO systems was found to be statistically significant, with the chloroalkylperoxy + NO rate constants about 30% higher than the corresponding hydroxyalkylperoxy + NO rate constants. This substituent effect was rationalized via a frontier molecular orbital model approach.