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Session Proposal: Organic peroxy radical chemistry and the formation of secondary air pollutants (AGU25)

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Organic peroxy radical chemistry and the formation of secondary air pollutants

Session ID#: 252272

Session Description:
Organic peroxy radicals (RO2) are central intermediates in the atmospheric oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), driving the formation of secondary pollutants such as ozone and secondary organic aerosols (SOA). The structure and functionalization of RO2, including hydroxyl, carbonyl, and nitrate groups, significantly influence their fate—via bimolecular reactions, intramolecular H-shifts, or autoxidation pathways forming highly oxygenated molecules (HOMs). Additionally, multiphase interactions with aerosol components, modulated by acidity, ionic content, and phase state, can impact radical lifetimes and SOA yields. This session invites interdisciplinary contributions that elucidate the chemical mechanisms connecting organic radical processes to secondary pollutant formation. We particularly encourage submissions that integrate laboratory kinetics, high-resolution mass spectrometry, chamber studies, field observations, or mechanistic modeling. Work addressing the implications of radical chemistry on oxidative capacity, SOA composition, and climate-relevant processes under varying NOx and environmental conditions is highly welcome.
Index Terms:

0305 Aerosols and particles [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0317 Chemical kinetic and photochemical properties [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0365 Troposphere: composition and chemistry [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0394 Instruments and techniques [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
Primary Convener:  Keding Lu, Peking University, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Beijing, China
Convener:  Zhaofeng Tan, Peking University, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Beijing, China
Student/Early Career Convener:  Huan Song, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science, Seattle, United States
 
Measurements of HO2 reactivity in ambient air using laser flash photolysis coupled with laser induced fluorescence detection technique (1855161)
Lavinia Constantina Onel1, Lisa Whalley1,2, Ze Qin1 and Dwayne E Heard1, (1)University of Leeds, School of Chemistry, Leeds, United Kingdom, (2)National Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
 
Isomeric and Isotopic Constraints on the Initial Steps of α-Pinene Ozonolysis (Invited) (1872502)
Christopher M Kenseth1, Matthieu Riva2, Michael Kamrath2, Henrik Kjaergaard3 and Joel A Thornton1, (1)University of Washington, Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science, Seattle, United States, (2)Tofwerk, Thun, Switzerland, (3)University of Copenhagen, Department of Chemistry, Copenhagen, Denmark
 
Chemical Precursors to Wintertime Carbonyl and Ozone Formation (1878916)
Loknath Dhar, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States and Seth N Lyman, Utah State University, Bingham Research Center, Logan, UT, United States
 
Investigating Peroxy Radical Reactivity via Tailored Organic Iodides (1893829)
Bamunusinghe Wimalarathne, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
 
Kinetics and Spectra of Organic Peroxyl Radicals in Aqueous Phase: A Laser-Based Study (1893960)
Yimu Zhang, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Leipzig, Germany, Thomas Schaefer, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Atmospheric Chemistry Department (ACD), Permoserstraße 15, Leipzig, Germany and Hartmut Herrmann, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Atmospheric Chemistry Department (ACD), Leipzig, Germany
 
A Comparison of Ambient and Chamber Organic AMS Spectra Under Varying RO2 Regimes (Invited) (1896059)
Hannah Schaefer Kenagy, University of Minnesota, Chemistry, Minneapolis, United States, Elinor Caballero, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, United States, Nadia Tahsini, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering, Cambridge, United States, Matthew Goss, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, United States, Lesly Franco, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States and Erik Helstrom, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States
 
Modelling the Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Atmospherically Relevant ROO and QOOH Radicals (1896650)
Tanima Barua1, Barbara Marchetti2, Lily Guidry3 and Tolga Karsili2, (1)University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, United States, (2)University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, United States, (3)University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Department of Chemistry, Lafayette, United States
 
Exploring the Fates of Atmospheric Peroxy Radicals with Model-Informed Environmental Chamber Experiments (Invited) (1905856)
Victoria P. Barber1, Cooper Crabtree2, Sara E. Murphy1,3 and Daniel Kendall1, (1)University of California Los Angeles, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Los Angeles, United States, (2)University of California Los Angeles, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)California Institute of Technology, Environmental Science & Engineering, Pasadena, United States
 
Revisiting the source, chemistry and global budget of atmospheric glyoxal (1909496)
Aoxing Zhang1, Tzung-May Fu1, Yuhang Wang2, Yumin LI3, Enyu Xiong4,5, Kelley C Wells6 and Dylan B Millet6, (1)Southern University of Science and Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shenzhen, China, (2)Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Atlanta, United States, (3)ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Zurich, Switzerland, (4)Southern University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen, China, (5)The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, (6)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, St. Paul, United States
 
Investigating Multi-phase Reaction Pathways and Product Distributions of Peroxy Radicals (1918489)
Lexy LeMar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States, Seamus Frey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, United States, Yaowei Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, Frank N Keutsch, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States, Jesse H Kroll, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States and Frank Keutsch
 
Evaluation Of POA Aging And SOA Formation From The 2023 Canadian Wildfires Using KinSim And Volatility Basis Set Parameterizations (1921278)
Farzaneh Taksibi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States and Jose-Luis Jimenez:University of Colorado at Boulder , Alma Hodzic: National Center for Atmospheric Research, William Vizuete: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 
Phenylacetaldehyde Photolysis: Modeling Toluene's Understudied Atmospheric Oxidation Pathway (1931481)
Daniel Kendall and Victoria P. Barber, University of California Los Angeles, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Los Angeles, United States
 
Measured and Modeled Radical Concentrations at Different Elevations Beneath the Canopy in a Northern Michigan Deciduous Forest (1947033)
Ian Spink1, Bode Hoover1, Janet Mireku2, Aaron Petersen3, Brandon Bottorff4 and Philip S Stevens5, (1)Indiana University Bloomington, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, IN, United States, (2)Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, United States, (3)Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States, (4)Indiana University Bloomington, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, United States, (5)Indiana University, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, United States
 
Connecting laboratory measurements to global modeling: updating the volatility basis set for terpene oxidation (1955933)
Matthew Goss, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States, Hannah Schaefer Kenagy, University of Minnesota, Chemistry, Minneapolis, United States, Colette L Heald, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Zurich, Switzerland, Jesse H Kroll, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States and Frank N Keutsch, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States
 
The Fate of Peroxy Radicals formed from Alkenes in Urban Regions Across Asia (1964928)
Kat Ball1, Young Ro Lee2, Gautham Kappaganthula3, John D Crounse2, Paul O Wennberg2, Glenn Wolfe4, Erin Delaria5, Reem Hannun6, Abby Sebol7, Jason M St Clair4, Frank M Flocke8, Alessandro Franchin8, Changmin Cho8, Kirk Lesko8, Courtney Owen8, Andrew John Weinheimer9, Eric C Apel10, Alan J Hills8, Rebecca S Hornbrook11, Daun Jeong8, Behrooz Roozitalab12, Armin Wisthaler13, Tomas Mikoviny13, Felix Piel13, Stefan Swift13, Wojciech Wojnowski13, Donald Ray Blake14, Barbara Barletta14, Nicola J Blake14, Simone Meinardi14, Isobel J Simpson14, Charles K Gatebe15 and Rajesh Poudyal16, (1)California Institute of Technology, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Pasadena, United States, (2)California Institute of Technology, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Pasadena, United States, (3)California Institute of Technology, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, Pasadena, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States, (6)NASA Ames Research Center, Atmospheric Science Branch, Moffett Field, United States, (7)University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, United States, (8)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (9)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (10)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling, Boulder, United States, (11)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (12)NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR), Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory (ACOM), Boulder, United States, (13)University of Oslo, Department of Chemistry, Oslo, Norway, (14)University of California Irvine, Department of Chemistry, Irvine, United States, (15)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (16)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, United States
 
Role of Nitrogen Dioxide in the Formation of Highly Oxygenated Organic Molecules in the Atmosphere (Invited) (1990891)
Yue Zhao1, Han Zang1, Yuliang Liu2, Wei Nie2, Wei Huang3 and Federico Bianchi4, (1)Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai, China, (2)Nanjing University, Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing, China, (3)PSI Center for Energy and Environmental Sciences, Villigen, Switzerland, (4)University of Helsinki, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, Helsinki, Finland
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