Absolute rate constant for the reaction of O(3P) with CH3SCH3 from 272 to 472 K

Rate constants for the oxidation reactions of organic sulfur compounds have become increasingly important due to their potential role in the formation of tropospheric and stratospheric sulfate aerosols. The present study deals with the reaction of the ground state oxygen atom with dimethyl sulfide. A discharge fast flow–resonance fluorescence technique was used to follow the decay of O(3P) atoms in the presence of excess CH3SCH3 under pseudo‐first‐order conditions. Kinetic data, obtained over the temperature range 272 to 472 K, are well represented by the Arrhenius expression, kbi= (1.28±0.12) ×10−11 exp[(803±60)/RT] cm3 molecule−1 sec−1. The results are compared to those of previous studies which employed different experimental techniques.