Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2017-1167 Manuscript under review for journal Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discussion started: 5 February 2018 c Author(s) 2018. CC BY 4.0 License. 1 High-molecular-weight esters in α-pinene ozonolysis secondary organic 2 aerosol: Structural characterization and mechanistic proposal for their 3 formation from highly oxygenated molecules 4 Ariane Kahnt1,a, Reinhilde Vermeylen1,b, Yoshiteru Iinuma2,c, Mohammad Safi Shalamzari1,d, 5 Willy Maenhaut3, and Magda Claeys1 6 7 [1] Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Antwerp (Campus Drie Eiken), BE- 8 2610, Antwerp, Belgium 9 [2] Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung (TROPOS), Permoserstr. 15, D-04318 Leipzig, 10 Germany 11 [3] Department of Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281, S12, BE-9000 Ghent, Belgium 12 [a] now at: Development Bioanalysis, Janssen R&D, Turnhoutseweg 30, BE-2340 Beerse, 13 Belgium 14 [b] now at: Soil Service of Belgium, W. de Croylaan 48, BE-Heverlee, Belgium 15 [c] now at: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, 16 Onna-son, Kunigami, Okinawa 904-0495 Japan 17 [d] now at: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd., Zernikedreef 12, 2333 CL Leiden, The Netherlands 18 Correspondence to: M. Claeys (
[email protected]) 19 Abstract 20 Stable high-molecular-weight esters are present in α-pinene ozonolysis secondary organic aerosol 21 (SOA) with the two most abundant ones corresponding to a diaterpenylic ester of cis-pinic acid 22 with a molecular weight (MW) of 368 C19H28O7) and a hydroxypinonyl ester of cis-pinic acid 23 with a MW of 358 (C17H26O8).