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DOI 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.06.004
Title (Primary) Identification of oxidative coupling products of xylenols arising from laboratory-scale phytoremediation
Author Poerschmann, J.; Schultze-Nobre, L.; Ebert, R.U.; Górecki, T.
Source Titel Chemosphere
Year 2015
Department OEC; TUCHEM; UBT
Volume 119
Page From 184
Page To 189
Language englisch
Keywords Constructed wetlands; Xylenols; Oxidative coupling reactions; Biphenyl-type coupling products; Retention index increment approach
UFZ wide themes RU3;
Abstract Oxidative coupling reactions take place during the passage of xylenols through a laboratory-scale helophyte-based constructed wetland system. Typical coupling product groups including tetramethyl-[1,1′-biphenyl] diols and tetramethyl diphenylether monools as stable organic intermediates could be identified by a combination of pre-chromatographic derivatization and GC/MS analysis. Structural assignment of individual analytes was performed by an increment system developed by Zenkevich to pre-calculate retention sequences. The most abundant analyte turned out to be 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethyl-[1,1′-biphenyl]-4,4′-diol, which can be formed by a combination of radicals based on 2,6-xylenol or by an attack of a 2,6-xylenol-based radical on 2,6-xylenol. Organic intermediates originating from oxidative coupling could also be identified in anaerobic constructed wetland systems. This finding suggested the presence of (at least partly) oxic conditions in the rhizosphere.
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Poerschmann, J., Schultze-Nobre, L., Ebert, R.U., Górecki, T. (2015):
Identification of oxidative coupling products of xylenols arising from laboratory-scale phytoremediation
Chemosphere 119 , 184 - 189 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.06.004