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Substance: a-nitrooxyacetone				Other Names: 

Formula: C3H5NO4; CH3COCH2(ONO2)			CAS-No.: 

Study: UV absorption spectrum, photolysis

                
Authors: I. Barnes, K.H. Becker, T. Zhu

Title: Near UV Absorption Spectra and Photolysis Products of Difunctional Organic Nitrates: Possible Importance as NOx Reservoir

Journal/Source: J. Atmos. Chem., 17, 353-373, (1993); doi:10.1007/BF00696854


Data: table, diagram

Energy/Wavelength range: 245 - 340 nm

Resolution: 0.7 nm

Temperature: 298 K

Temperature dependence: no

Pressure/Concentration: 3 - 30 µbar (pressure of the nitrates); 1013 mbar (total pressure N2)

Phase: gas

pH:


Comments: The UV absorption spectra of the following organic dinitrates and keto nitrates have been quantitively measured in the gas phase 
at 298±2 K and atmospheric pressure: 1,2-propandiol dinitrate, CH3CH(ONO2)CH2(ONO2); 1,2-butandiol dinitrate, CH3CH2CH(ONO2)CH2(ONO2); 
2,3-butandiol dinitrate, CH3CH(ONO2)CH(ONO2)CH3;cis 1,4-dinitrooxy-2-butene, CH2(ONO2)CH=CHCH2(ONO2); 3,4-dinitrooxy-1-butene, 
CH2(ONO2CH(ONO2)CH=CH2; alpha-nitrooxy acetone, CH3COCH2(ONO2); 1-nitrooxy-2-butanone, CH3CH2COCH2(ONO2); 3-nitrooxy-2-butanone, 
CH3CH(ONO2)COCH3.

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