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PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE
Volume 31, Issue -, Pages 521-528Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2006.07.172
Keywords
semiquinone radical; phenoxyl radical; cyclopentadienyl radical; particulate matter
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES [P42ES013648, R13ES022854] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIEHS NIH HHS [P42 ES013648, R13 ES022854] Funding Source: Medline
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We demonstrate that stable and relatively unreactive environmentally persistent free radicals (PFRs) can be readily formed in the post-flame and cool-zone regions of combustion systems and other thermal processes. These resonance-stabilized radicals, including semiquinones, phenoxyls, and cyclopentadienyls, can be formed by the thermal decomposition of molecular precursors including catechols, hydroquinones and phenols. Association with the surfaces of fine particles imparts additional stabilization to these radicals such that they can persist almost indefinitely in the environment. A mechanism of chemisorption and electron transfer from the molecular adsorbate to a redox-active transition metal or other receptor is shown through experiment, and supported by molecular orbital calculations, to result in PFR formation. Both oxygen-centered and carbon-centered PFRs are possible that can significantly affect their environmental and biological reactivity. (C) 2006 The Combustion Institute. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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