Communications Chemistry (Feb 2021)

Efficient alkane oxidation under combustion engine and atmospheric conditions

  • Zhandong Wang,
  • Mikael Ehn,
  • Matti P. Rissanen,
  • Olga Garmash,
  • Lauriane Quéléver,
  • Lili Xing,
  • Manuel Monge-Palacios,
  • Pekka Rantala,
  • Neil M. Donahue,
  • Torsten Berndt,
  • S. Mani Sarathy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-020-00445-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Efficient autoxidation of organic compounds typically requires that they possess double bonds or oxygen-containing moieties, which is why alkanes were thought to contribute little to atmospheric organic aerosol formation. Here, mass spectrometry shows significant autoxidation of alkanes under both atmospheric and combustion conditions.