Human exposure to air pollutants, and specifically particulate matter (PM) volatile organic compounds (VOCs), may pose a relevant risk on human health. To evaluate the personal of adults living working in Milan (Italy) by environmental biological monitoring. Personal 51 volunteer PM2.5, PM2.5–10 selected VOCs, including benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, o-xylene, m + p-xylene, methyl tert-butyl e...

Benzene, an important component in gasoline, is a widely distributed environmental contaminant that has been linked to known health effects in animals and humans, including leukemia. In Mexico City, environmental benzene levels, which may be elevated because of the heavy traffic and the poor emission control devices of older vehicles, may pose a health risk to the population. To assess the pote...

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and quantum mechanical electronic structure calculations are used to investigate the nature and dynamics of the phenol-benzene complex in the mixed solvent, benzene/CCl4. Under thermal equilibrium conditions, the complexes are continuously dissociating and forming. The MD simulations are used to calculate the experimental observables related to the phenol hyd...

Abstract Complex [( DIPeP BDI)Ca] 2 (C 6 H ), with a C 2− dianion bridging two Ca 2+ ions, reacts benzene to yield (biphenyl) biphenyl ( BDI=HC[C(Me)N‐DIPeP] ; DIPeP=2,6‐CH(Et) ‐phenyl). The complex was also prepared by reacting ) or reduction of BDI)CaI] KC 8 in presence biphenyl. Benzene‐benzene coupling observed when the deep purple product ball‐milling DIPP BDI)CaI(THF)] K/KI extracted (DIP...

The benzene–ethene and parallel-displaced (PD) benzene–benzene dimers are the most fundamental systems involving π–π stacking interactions. Several high-level ab initio investigations calculated binding energies of these using coupled-cluster with singles, doubles, quasi-perturbative triple excitations [CCSD(T)] method at complete basis set [CBS] limit various approaches such as reduced virtual...

Temperature dependences of the free energy (F), entropy (S) and heat capacity (C_v) are calculated (P=0) for organic compounds (solid benzene, naphthalene anthracene) by using quasiharmonic approximation. Contributions to those thermodynamic functions due Raman frequencies lattice modes benzene), librational (naphthalene), phonons vibrons (anthracene) taken into account in our calculations. We ...

In low concentrations, benzene and its metabolite hydroquinone are known to have diverse biological effects on cells, including the synergistic stimulation with GM-CSF of hematopoietic colony formation in vitro, stimulation of granulocytic differentiation in vitro and in vivo, and general suppression of hematopoiesis in vivo. These chemicals are also known to be active in the induction of activ...

Environmental exposures to benzene result in increases in body burden that are reflected in various biomarkers of exposure, including benzene in exhaled breath, benzene in blood and urinary trans-trans-muconic acid and S-phenylmercapturic acid. A review of the literature indicates that these biomarkers can be used to distinguish populations with different levels of exposure (such as smokers fro...

A followup study of 2-17 yr was performed on 44 pancytopenic patients with benzene exposure. They had been subjected to high concentrations of benzene (150-650 ppm) in adhesives for 4 mo to 15 yr. The benzene content of the adhesives varied between 9% and 88%, (average 50%). Complete remission was seen in 23 patients and fatal outcome due to complications of pancytopenia was observed in 14 panc...