Transcript Environmental Fate and Distribution of 2,3,7,8

Environmental Fate and Distribution of 2,3,7,8-TCDD – An Unintended By-Product
CHEM 331: Environmental Organic Chemistry
Current research
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INTRODUCTION
Background: uses, production
Environmental releases
Toxicity, persistence
Relevance
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MOLECULAR
STRUCTURE/s
Molar volume, surface area, functional
groups, reaction centres
Discussion
Water solubility (activity coeff), Vapour pressure,
Transformations in the
Environment
Partitioning constants
Hydrolysis, Redox, Photochem, Biological
Future research
Kow, Koa, Kaw, Koc
Products
Societal issues
BCF
Kinetics (rate constants and half lives)
pKa
Mechanisms and substituent effects, Hammett
parameters
Distribution in the Environment
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Conclusions
Avoidance and remediation
Environmental compartments and transport pathways
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References