Degradation of a series of fluorinated acrylates and methacrylates initiated by OH radicals at different temperatures.

Rate coefficients for the gas-phase reactions of OH radicals with a series of fluorinated acrylates and methacrylates: 2,2,2-trifluoroethylmethacrylate ( ), 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoroisopropylacrylate ( ), 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoroisopropylmethacrylate ( ), and 2,2,2-trifluoroethylacrylate ( ) have been measured for the first time as a function of temperature in the range 290-308 K. The kinetic data obtained were used to derive the following Arrhenius expressions (in units of cm per molecule per s): = (2.13 ± 0.68) × 10 exp[(4745 ± 206)/], = (8.72 ± 0.68) × 10 exp[(2166 ± 205)/], = (6.30 ± 0.51) × 10 exp[(3721 ± 153)/] and = (3.93 ± 0.43) × 10 exp[(3140 ± 129)/]. The experiments were performed at normal atmospheric pressure in synthetic air using a 1080 L photoreactor and coupled with FTIR analysis to monitor the decay of the substances of interest and the reference compounds. The obtained negative temperature dependencies are in agreement with a mechanism implying an initial addition of the OH radical to the double bond. Atmospheric implications are discussed with reference to the rate coefficients obtained as a function of the temperature.