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

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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.     

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 …     

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...     

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

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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).     

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.     

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...     

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。     

Azacrownlactams Derived from Biphenyl. Study of Their Conformations, Complexation Ability and Electrochemical Behavior

Several macrolactams containing in their structure biphenyl and pyridine moieties have been synthesized. The complexation ability of these compounds has been evaluated and the results have been explained considering the existence of intramolecular hydrogen bonds. Conformational studies have been developed in some cases. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies have been carried out with one of the ligands. The electrochemical response of ligands 1 and 3 has been studied using cyclic and square wave voltammetry. The interaction of these ligands with Cu²⁺ ions in CH₃CN has been investigated by electrochemical techniques.     

Degradation of PCB by Bacteria Isolated from Long-Time Contaminated Soil

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Four bacterial isolates belonging to the genera Pseudomonas and Alcaligenes were obtained by the enrichment method, using biphenyl as the sole carbon source, from the soil, which underwent long-time contamination with technical mixtures of PCB. Kinetics of PCB degradation by individual isolates was measured using n-hexane extraction of the cultivation media in proper time intervals and analysed by congener specific gas chromatography with electron capture detection. All isolates exhibit interesting biodegradative potential. Specific degradation of individual congeners with respect to the number and position of chlorine substituents is discussed. The influence of glucose, biphenyl and 3-chlorobenzoic acid on the PCB degradation has been assessed.     

Bacterial Degradation of Quinoline and Derivatives—Pathways and Their Biocatalysts

A series of interesting enzymes were discovered during investigations on the degradation of quinoline by microorganisms. These include the molybdenum-containing hydroxylases that catalyze the transformation 1 → 2 and the unusual 2,4-dioxygenases that catalyze the reaction 3 → 4 . The application of the hydroxylases may even be interesting in industry, because several quinoline derivatives are used as pharmaceuticals or agrochemicals.     

Stress Degradation Studies of Anagliptin,Development of Validated Stability Indicating Method,Degradation Kinetics Study,Identification and Isolation of Degradation Products

A gradient-specific stability indicating HPLC method was developed and validated for the determination of the antidiabetic agent anagliptin in laboratory mixtures. Reversed-phase chromatography was performed using a Shimadzu LC-20 AD pump (binary), Shimadzu PDA M-20A diode array detector, and Waters Symmetry C-18 column (150?×?4.6 mm, 3.5 µm) maintained at a column oven temperature of 40 °C with UV detection at 247 nm. A gradient program was run at flow rate of 1 mL min^?1. Mobile phase A consisted of a mixture of acetate buffer(10 mm) pH 5/methanol/acetonitrile in the ratio of 90:5:5. Mobile phase B consisted of a mixture of acetate buffer (10 mm) pH 5/methanol/acetonitrile in the ratio of 50:25:25. The method was validated according International Conference of Harmonization (ICH) guidelines. Linearity was observed in the concentration range of 10–120 µg/mL with regression coefficient r²(0.999). The LOD was found to be 7.8 µg/mL and LOQ was found to be 22.68 µg/mL. Anagliptin was subjected to stresses such as acidic, alkali, oxidation, photolysis, and thermal conditions. The proposed method was validated as per ICH guidelines and was found to be accurate, precise, and specific. The drug showed significant degradation in alkaline and oxidative conditions. Alkaline and oxidative degradation followed first-order kinetics. Degradation rate constant and half-lives were determined. Degradation products in alkaline and oxidative conditions were identified by LC–MS. One major degradation product was isolated from each condition by preparative HPLC. These degradation products were characterized by ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, DEPT, D₂O exchange, MS/MS, HRMS, and IR techniques. From the spectral data the alkaline degradation product was characterized as 1-{2-[1-(2-methylpyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-6-carboxamido)-methyl-propan-2-yl-amino]acetyl}pyrrolidine-2-carboxamide. The oxidative degradation product was characterized as N-[2-({2-[(2S)-2-cyanopyrrolidin-1-yl]-2-oxoethyl}amino)-2-methylpropyl]-2-methylpyrazolo-[1,5-a]pyrimidine-N-oxido-6-carboxamide.     

Plasticity of the Malleobactin Pathway and Its Impact on Siderophore Action in Human Pathogenic Bacteria

The human pathogenic bacteria Burkholderia mallei, Burkholderia pseudomallei, and Burkholderia thailandensis harbor a highly conserved gene cluster coding for the biosynthesis of the long sought‐after malleobactins. Four new, unexpected congeners of the malleobactin family that were isolated and fully characterized in this study feature unusual deviations from the parent, ornibactin‐like architecture. Thus, the malleobactin non‐ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) has a rare flexibility that yields diverse peptide backbones, of which one candidate confers pronounced siderophore activity (EC₅₀: 8.4 μM , CAS assay). These findings not only unveil a highly diverse assembly line but also are an important addition to the knowledgebase of the pathogens’ metabolomes.