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Mechanistic insight into the kinetic fragmentation of norpinonic acid in the gas phase: an experimental and density functional theory (DFT) study
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2024
Czasopismo
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Numer woluminu
24
Strony
9309-9322
DOI
10.5194/acp-24-9309-2024
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Angielski
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Norpinonic acid has been known as an important α-pinene atmospheric secondary organic aerosol (SOA) component. It is formed in the reaction of α-pinene, β-pinene or verbenone with atmospheric oxidizing reagents. In the presented study, tandem mass spectrometry techniques were used to determine the exact norpinonic acid fragmentation pathway in the gas phase. The precursor anion – deprotonated norpinonic acid ( 169), generated in an electrospray (ESI) source – was introduced into the collision cell of the mass spectrometer and fragmented using the energy-resolved collision-induced dissociation (ER-CID) technique. The experimental energy values of degradation processes were determined via analysis of the breakdown curves. Quantum chemical calculations of the reaction models were also constructed, including calculation of all transition states. Comparison between the experimental and the theoretical threshold energies calculated at a ωB97XD/6-311+G(2d,p) theoretical level has shown a good correlation. Two basic pathways of the fragmentation of the parent anion [M-H]− ( 169) were observed. Firstly this leads to the decarboxylation product ( 125) and secondly to the loss of a neutral molecule (C4H6O), together with the formation of the anion 99. On the other hand, the breakdown of the anion 125 gives rise to the 69, 57 and 55 ions. To confirm structures formed during ER-CID experiments, the gas-phase proton transfer reactions were examined of all norpinonic acid anionic fragments with a series of neutral reagents, characterized by proton affinity (PA) values. Based on PA difference analysis, the most possible chemical structures were proposed for the observed fragment anions.
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