Product distribution and mechanism of the OH initiated tropospheric degradation of three CFC replacement candidates: CHCF[double bond, length as m-dash]CH, (CF)C[double bond, length as m-dash]CH and (/)-CFCF[double bond, length as m-dash]CHF.

The OH radical initiated photodegradation of 2-fluoropropene (CHCF[double bond, length as m-dash]CH), 3,3,3-trifluoro-2-(tri-fluoromethyl)propene ((CF)C[double bond, length as m-dash]CH) and (/)-1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene ((/)-CFCF[double bond, length as m-dash]CHF) has been investigated for the first time using a 1080 L quartz-glass environmental chamber at 298 ± 2 K and atmospheric pressure of synthetic air coupled with FTIR spectroscopy to monitor reactants and products. The major products observed in the OH reaction were CHC(O)F (98 ± 5)% together with HC(O)H (89 ± 7)% as a co-product, CFC(O)F (103 ± 8)% together with HC(O)F (96 ± 7)% as a co-product and CFC(O)CF (91 ± 8)% together with HC(O)H (98 ± 12)% as a co-product from the C-C bond cleavage channel of the intermediate hydroxyalkoxy radical, formed by addition of OH to the terminal carbon of the double bond which is designated C of 2-fluoropropene, (/)-1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene and 3,3,3-trifluoro-2-(tri-fluoromethyl)propene, respectively. The present results are compared with previous studies for the reaction of OH with the separate isomers () and () of 1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene. In addition, atmospheric implications of the reactions studied are discussed.