Efficient syntheses of climate relevant isoprene nitrates and (1R,5S)-(−)-myrtenol nitrate

• Sean P. Bew,
• Glyn D. Hiatt-Gipson,
• Graham P. Mills and
• Claire E. Reeves

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1081–1095, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.103

• “ [12]. Organic nitrates are important in locations where biogenic hydrocarbon emissions mix with anthropogenic NOx sources. It is generally accepted that transport models should include representation of organic aerosols derived from the reaction of monoterpenes with nitrate radicals. With this in mind

• contributors to climate chemistry [53]. By way of example although α-pinene is slightly less reactive to the hydroxyl radical (HO•) than isoprene it does, conversely, have a higher reactivity to O3 and nitrate radicals (•NO3) making its atmospheric oxidation significant with respect to regional tropospheric O3

Damage of polyesters by the atmospheric free radical oxidant NO₃^•: a product study involving model systems

• Catrin Goeschen and
• Uta Wille

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1907–1916, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.225

• well as products of these reactions are potentially capable of promoting further degradation processes in polyesters under environmental conditions. Keywords: environmental oxidants; free radicals; nitrate radicals; polyester degradation; product studies; reaction mechanisms; Introduction Polymers