Features of Sulfonation of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Congeners

Sulfonation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and their commercial mixture (Trichlorobiphenyl) with oleum has been studied. General sulfonation patterns have been revealed for PCB congeners having no substituents in the ortho positions. The sulfonation of PCBs with chlorine atoms in only one aromatic ring gives exclusively the corresponding polychlorobiphenylmonosulfonic acids. The sulfonation of PCBs with chlorine atoms in both aromatic rings is accompanied by side formation of polychlorodibenzothiophene S,S-dioxides.     

Enhanced Photoactivated Luminescence of Selected Polychlorinated Biphenyl Congeners and Aroclor Mixtures

Fluorescence studies of selected polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners and Aroclor mixtures were conducted using enhanced photoactivated luminescence. Diphenylamine (DPA) was used as a photoactivator. DPA reacts with PCBs to form a fluorescent photoproduct under UV activation. The sensitivities of fluorescence detection using three different solid substrates were compared. Background studies of the substrates and DPA blanks were also conducted to determine the substrate with the best detection characteristics for enhanced photoactivated fluorescence. It was found that the Envi disk with a glass-fiber mesh and C-18-modified silica provides more analyte access for fluorescence detection, thereby providing best sensitivity. By comparison of the fluorescence from pure PCB congener–DPA complexes, the more coplanar congeners exhibited a red shift in excitation and emission as compared with theortho-substituted nonplanar congeners. These studies may prove useful in determining trends relating fluorescence intensity and toxicity factors.     

Analysis of Affinity Energy Between Biphenyl Dioxygenase and Polychlorinated Biphenyls Using Molecular Docking

Molecular docking was used to calculate the affinity energy between biphenyl dioxygenases(BphA),including 1ULJ,1WQL,2YFJ,2YFL,2GBX,2XSH,2B4P,3GZX,and 3GZY(selected from the Protein Data Bank)and 209 polychlorinated biphenyl(PCB)congeners.The relationships between the calculated affinity energy and the persistent organic pollutant characteristics(migration,octanol-air partition coefficients,lgKOA;persistence,half-life,lgt1/2;toxicity,half-maximal inhibitory concentration,IgIC50;bioaccumulation,bioconcentration factor,lgBCF)of the PCBs were studied to mderstand the BphA mediated degradation of PCBs.The effect of substituent characteristics on the affinity energy was explored through full factorial experimental design.The affinities of nine kinds of BphA proteins on PCBs ranked as follows:2GBX>2YFJ>2YFL>3GZX>2XSH>3GZY>2E4P>1 WQL>1ULJ.The relationships between the calculated affinity energy and the molecular weight,lgKOA,lgBCF,and lgt1/2 of the PCBs were statistically signiflcant(p<0.01),whereas the relationship with the lgIC50 of PCBs was not statistically significant(p>0.05).PCBs were more difficult to degrade following an increase in the free energy of binding.Correlation analysis showed that the average affinity energy values of PCBs gradually increased as the number of chlorine atoms increased,regardless of the substituent position.The substituents at the ortho-positions interacted mainly through a second-order interaction,whereas those at the para-positions did not participate via a second-order interaction.     

Analysis of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Residues in Waste Oils by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

Abstract

The qualitative analysis of polychlorinated biphenyl residues (PCBs) in waste mineral oils can be rapidly and accurately carried out by high-performance reverse phase liquid chromatography (HPLC) using a 25 cm HC-ODS Sil-X (Perkin-Elmer) column and a gradient elution system consisting of water-acetonitrile where the latter increases with linear program from 50 to 77% over 9 minutes.     

Determination of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Congeners in Water by Liquid–Liquid Microextraction Procedure and Gas-Chromatography

Polychlorinated biphenyls are toxic pollutants characterized by persistence in the atmosphere and ability to accumulate in food chains. Like other persistent organic pollutants, polychlorinated biphenyls are still present in the environment despite their almost worldwide prohibition. In this study we propose a simple and a rapid liquid-liquid microextraction procedure to determine ten representative polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in rain and mineral water. The procedure combined extraction and concentration in a single step followed by gas chromatography with electron capture detection. The proposed methodology showed good linearity, reproducibility, and a limit of detection with a range of 10–30 ng/l. Real mineral water samples were analyzed using the optimized method.     

二噁(英)降解方法的研究

二噁(左口右英)是一类剧毒有机氯化物,已被联合国环境署和世界卫生组织列为持久性有机污染物和一级致癌物质,能够对环境和人类的健康造成重大危害.脱氯降解是降低二噁毒性的有效途径.本文对二噁的光降解、热降解、生物降解和化学降解脱氯作了详尽的评述,比较了各种降解方法的优劣,指出多相催化加氢脱氯降解方法将是今后的发展方向.     

Sonochemical Degradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Aqueous Solution

Ultrasonic waves in a liquid induce the formation of cavitation bubbles. Submitted to an oscillating pressure field, cavities filled with vapor and dissolved gas pulsate, grow and implode violently when they reach a critical resonant size. According to the 慼ot spot?theory, extremely high temperature and pressure are produced during the collapse of cavitation bubbles1. Under these extreme conditions, the molecules vaporized in the bubbles as well as in the surrounding condensed layer could …     

二噁(英)降解方法的研究

二噁是一类剧毒有机氯化物 ,已被联合国环境署和世界卫生组织列为持久性有机污染物和一级致癌物质 ,能够对环境和人类的健康造成重大危害。脱氯降解是降低二毒性的有效途径。本文对二的光降解、热降解、生物降解和化学降解脱氯作了详尽的评述 ,比较了各种降解方法的优劣 ,指出多相催化加氢脱氯降解方法将是今后的发展方向     

LC and NMR Studies for Identification and Characterization of Degradation Byproducts of Olmesartan Acid,Elucidation of Their Degradation Pathway and Ecotoxicity Assessment

The discovery of various sartans, which are among the most used antihypertensive drugs in the world, is increasingly frequent not only in wastewater but also in surface water and, in some cases, even in drinking or groundwater. In this paper, the degradation pathway of olmesartan acid, one of the most used sartans, was investigated by simulating the chlorination process normally used in a wastewater treatment plant to reduce similar emerging pollutants. The structures of nine isolated degradation byproducts (DPs), eight of which were isolated for the first time, were separated via chromatography column and HPLC methods, identified by combining nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry, and justified by a proposed mechanism of formation beginning from the parent drug. Ecotoxicity tests on olmesartan acid and its nine DPs showed that 50% of the investigated byproducts inhibited the target species Aliivibrio fischeri and Raphidocelis subcapitata, causing functional decreases of 18% and 53%, respectively.     

Selective Accelerated Solvent Extraction in the Analysis of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Polychlorinated Biphenyl Congeners in Sediment

Analysis of trace organics in sediment frequently requires lengthy extraction and tedious cleanup procedures before instrumental analysis. Accelerated solvent extraction (ASE) is a fast and effective means of simultaneous extraction and cleanup applicable to the analysis of many organic parameters.     

多氯联苯的羟基化代谢产物及其内分泌干扰机制

羟基多氯联苯是典型持久性有机污染物(POPs)--多氯联苯在生物体内的主要活性代谢产物,已在许多野生动物和人体内被检出.由于其化学结构与天然雌激素、甲状腺激素十分类似,因此羟基多氯联苯的内分泌干扰效应近年来已开始受到国际上的高度关注.本文对多氯联苯的代谢途径、羟基多氯联苯在生物体内的浓度水平、内分泌干扰及其多种毒性作用机制进行了综述.有关对多氯联苯的活性代谢产物--羟基多氯联苯的深入研究,将有助于进一步揭示多氯联苯的毒性机制,为我国早日建立有效的POPs污染危害评价与早期预警系统提供科学依据.     

Single component analysis of Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB)- and chlorinated pesticide residues in marine fish samples

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry - Besides 83 structurally defined trichloro- to octachloro-biphenyls (PCB), the following chlorinated pesticides have been identified in fish liver oil (DAB...     

Randomly Methylated β-Cyclodextrins (RAMEB) Enhance the Aerobic Biodegradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyl in Aged-Contaminated Soils

The biological removal of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from contaminatedsoils is adversely affected by the poor bioavailability of these pollutants. Twodifferent aged-contaminated soils containing about 890 and 8500 mg/kg of PCBswere supplemented with biphenyl and treated in slurry- and solid-phase aerobic0.5 litre-microcosms in the presence of RAMEB at 0, 0.5, 1.0, 3.0% (w/w). RAMEB,which was non-toxic and slowly biodegraded by the soil microorganisms, significantlyenhanced the bioavailability (from 30 to 50%) and the biological degradation (from 15to 55%) and dechlorination of PCBs in both soils and treatment conditions. RAMEBeffects were dependent on the concentration at which it was applied, the soil featuresand the treatment conditions. RAMEB enhanced PCB biodegradation by increasingboth the PCB bioavailability and the availability of biodegrading bacteria in themicrocosms. RAMEB appears a promising bioavailability enhancing agent for thetreatment of PCB-contaminated soils, not only for its positive effects on the PCBsbiodegradation, but also for its biodegradability, non-toxicity and relatively low cost.     

Bio Availability of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Congeners in the Soil to Earthworm (L. rubellus) System

Abstract

The earthworm's (Lumbricus rubellus) uptake of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from a soil contaminated with a commercial PCB formulation (Askarel at 150 μg g^?1) and their elimination of PCBs into a low contaminated soil (15 μg g^?1) has been studied. 17 individual congeners were monitored. The uptake and the elimination rate were similar for all PCB congeners notwithstanding their different chloro-substitution pattern which suggested that bioaccumulation of PCBs in earthworms is governed by passive, possibly diffusion controlled processes. The equilibrium state in the three-phase system, soil/soil water/earthworm was reached with a half-time around 3–4 days. The soil to earthworm bioconcentration factor ranged from 4 to 20 for tetra- to octa-chlorinated biphenyls and was weakly depending on the octanol-water partition coefficient: BCF = ?(1.3?1.8) × K _OW ^(0.35?0.40).     

气相色谱法测定禽蛋中微量有机氯农药及多氯联苯的残留

建立了以正己烷振荡提取，以及PCB2和PCB209为内标的快速检测禽蛋中微量有机氯污染物的气相色谱法。与传统的索氏提取法相比，在保证足够的准确度，精确度和灵敏度的前提下，具有前处理简单，测试成本低，标本用量少的特点。而且可同时测定有机氯农药和典型的多氯联苯类化合物的残留，特别适于检测食品中的微量有机污染物。用该方法测试的结果表明，标准全蛋粉添加ng/g级待测物时，各种待测物的回收率为84．31％－116．77％（3次测定平均值）；相对标准偏差为6％－18％（7次测定平均值）；最低检出量为0.07ng/g-0.35ng/g。中国部分城市市售鸡蛋中的有机氯农药以p,p'-DDE的检出量最高，p,p'-DDT次之；多氯联苯的检出量很低，大多数样品中多氯联苯的总检出量低于10ng/g。在所检出的多氯联苯中，绝大部分为含氯低的（氯原子数为3－5）的氯化物。     

Preparation of Bio-beads and Their Atrazine Degradation Characteristics

Screened atrazine-mineralizing bacterium―Pseudomonas W4 was embedded inside an improved PVA- H3BO3 embedment matrix to make bio-beads to degrade atrazine. The atrazine degradation characteristics were studied. The preparation procedure of bio-beads was as follows: (1) preparing a mixture of 100, 12.5, 10, 1.5 and 1 g/L PVA, bentonite(Ca), activated carbon powder, sodium alginate and centrifuged Pseudomonas W4 bacterium, respectively; (2) the mixture was dropped into a gently stirred cross linker solution(pH...