Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics www.atmos-chem-phys.net 1680-7316 1680-7324 3 6 2003 10.5194/acp-3-2233-2003 http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/3/2233/2003/ http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/3/2233/2003/acp-3-2233-2003.html http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/3/2233/2003/acp-3-2233-2003.pdf 2233 2307 2003-12-22 Kinetics of the gas-phase reactions of OH radicals with alkanes and cycloalkanes R. Atkinson Air Pollution Research Center, and Department of Environmental Sciences, and Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA The available database concerning rate constants for gas-phase reactions of the hydroxyl (OH) radical with alkanes through early 2003 is presented over the entire temperature range for which measurements have been made (~180-2000 K). Measurements made using relative rate methods are re-evaluated using recent rate data for the reference compound (generally recommendations from this review). In general, whenever more than one study has been carried out over an overlapping temperature range, recommended rate constants or temperature-dependent rate expressions are presented. The recommended 298 K rate constants, temperature-dependent parameters, and temperature ranges over which these recommendations are applicable are listed in Table 1.