Gas phase degradation of trifluoromethyl peroxynitrate and trifluoromethyl nitrate in presence of water vapour

Trifluoromethyl peroxynitrate (CF3O2NO2) and trifluoromethyl nitrate (CF3ONO2) could be formed in the degradation of chlorofluorocarbons, hydrochlorofluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons and hydrofluoroethers, from the reaction of CF3Ox radicals and NO2. In the present work, the role of gas-phase water in the degradation of CF3O2NO2 and CF3ONO2 was evaluated for the first time. The study has included experiments with and without water, theoretical calculation and kinetics mechanism modelling.