Aerobic biodegradation tests of three blends representative of the most commonly marketed aliphatic alcohol polyethoxylates (AE) and a commercial polyethylene glycols (PEG) mixture were run under standard test conditions (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France [OECD] 301 E protocol). The test liquors were investigated using a 400-MHz proton-nuclear magnetic resonan...

A number of 1,4-bis(phenylethynyl)benzene derivatives (BPEBs) and their analogues with different numbers of side-substitute fluorine atoms on benzene rings, and alkyl chains, ethoxyl groups, fluorine atoms and trifluoromethyl groups as the end groups have been synthesized. The effects of the different substituents on their properties such as thermal behavior of melting point and clearing point,...

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 ...

Cigarette smoking is associated with an increased risk of leukemia; benzene, an established leukemogen, is present in cigarette smoke. By combining epidemiologic data on the health effects of smoking with risk assessment techniques for low-dose extrapolation, we assessed the proportion of smoking-induced total leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) attributable to the benzene in cigarette sm...

Catalyst is the key for hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of lignin derivatives to produce alkyl aromatics and cycloalkanes, components 100% sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). Mono bi-functional catalysts nickel (Ni) heterophosphotungstic acid (HPW) supported on SBA-15 carbons were prepared, characterized evaluated HDO derived trans-anethole. The structure was intact but its surface area pore volume decr...

The regioselectivity of deprotonation reactions between arene substrates and basic metalating agents is usually governed by the electronic and/or coordinative characteristics of a directing group attached to the benzene ring. Generally, the reaction takes place in the ortho position, adjacent to the substituent. Here, we introduce a protocol by which the metalating agent, a disodium-monomagnesi...