To better understand precursors of dicarboxylic acids in ambient secondary organic aerosol (SOA), we studied C4–C9 present SOA formed from the oxidation toluene, naphthalene, α-pinene, and isoprene. were analyzed by offline derivatization gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. We revealed that C4 including succinic acid, maleic fumaric malic DL-tartaric meso-tartaric acid are produced photooxida...

Even though several models for toluene oxidation have been developed [3-7], the high temperature combustion of this aromatic is not fully understood. Most high temperature studies of toluene carried out to date have involved monitoring the concentration profiles of reactants, stable intermediates, and final products in flow reactors using GC analyses. However, the ignition process of hydrocarbo...

The toluene-degrading strain Rhodococcus opacus PWD4 was found to hydroxylate D-limonene exclusively in the 6-position, yielding enantiomerically pure (1) trans-carveol and traces of (1) carvone. This biotransformation was studied using cells cultivated in chemostat culture with toluene as a carbon and energy source. The maximal specific activity of (1) trans-carveol formation was 14.7 U (g of ...

This study evaluated the ability of fennel extract to improve the quality of refrigerated minced silver carp over a period of 16 days. Minced silver carp were treated with fennel extract (0.5, 1 and 1.5% w/w), and beta-hydroxy toluene (BHT 200 ppm). The control and the treated fish samples were analyzed periodically (every­4 days) by chemical analysis (Peroxide value (PV), thiobarbituric acid (...

The degradation of trichloroethylene (TCE) by toluene-oxidizing bacteria has been extensively studied, and yet the influence of environmental conditions and physiological characteristics of individual strains has received little attention. To consider these effects, the levels of TCE degradation by strains distinguishable on the basis of toluene and nitrate metabolism were compared under aerobi...

The toluene-degrading strain Rhodococcus opacus PWD4 was found to hydroxylate D-limonene exclusively in the 6-position, yielding enantiomerically pure (+) trans-carveol and traces of (+) carvone. This biotransformation was studied using cells cultivated in chemostat culture with toluene as a carbon and energy source. The maximal specific activity of (+) trans-carveol formation was 14.7 U (g of ...

Nonthermal plasmas can produce high quality nanocrystals in a continuous process without requiring solvents. A nonthermal plasma process is demonstrated to synthesize stoichiometric Cu2S nanocrystals, which show no signs of oxidation by spectrophotometry after 2 months in the ambient when stabilized with oleylamine and dispersed in toluene.

Size-controllable Pt nanoparticles ranging from 1.3 to 2.3 nm were successfully loaded onto ZSM-5 (Pt-x/ZSM-5, where x is the mean diameter of the Pt nanoparticles). Catalytic tests in complete oxidation of toluene as a model for VOC removal show that Pt-1.9/ZSM-5 has the highest activity, due to a balance of Pt dispersion and Pt(0) proportion.

The present study was carried out to study the effect of antioxidants on oxidised LDL + VLDL and found that vitamin E, eugenol and tincture of crataegus (antioxidants) inhibited oxidation of (LDL + VLDL) similar to standard antioxidant (butylated hydroxy toluene). Vitamin C acted as an antioxidant at lower concentration, and prooxidant at higher concentration.

Ji et al. (1) reassess the atmospheric oxidation mechanism of toluene: Their experimental work shows a larger-than-expected branching ratio for cresols but negligible formation of ring-opening products and is corroborated by theoretical calculations revealing that the phenolic pathway is kinetically and thermodynamically favored over the primary peroxy radical (RO2) formation. Despite the compe...