Aldehydes

Aldehydes are important intermediates in alcohol combustion and also offer the possibility to study low-temperature chemistry of alkyl radicals. Primary fuel radicals can also go through low-tmperature chain branching pathways.

Our study on two branched C5 aldehydes, show that both were reactive at low temperatures:

 Z. Serinyel, C. Togbé, G. Dayma, P. Dagaut, Experimental and Modeling Study of the Oxidation of Two Branched Aldehydes in a Jet-Stirred Reactor: 2-Methylbutanal and 3-Methylbutanal, Energy & Fuels 31 (2017) 3206-3218.

doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b03053