Inorganic ammonium salts and carbonate salts are efficient catalysts for aldol condensation in atmospheric aerosols

B Nozière, P Dziedzic, A Córdova

Index: Noziere, Barbara; Dziedzic, Pawel; Cordova, Armando Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2010 , vol. 12, # 15 p. 3864 - 3872

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Abstract

In natural environments such as atmospheric aerosols, organic compounds coexist with inorganic salts but, until recently, were not thought to interact chemically. We have recently shown that inorganic ammonium ions, NH4+, act as catalysts for acetal formation from glyoxal, a common atmospheric gas. In this work, we report that inorganic ammonium ions, NH4+, and carbonate ions, CO32−, are also efficient catalysts for the aldol condensation ...