contaminated groundwater by gasoline spill is a worldwide environmental problem. gasoline contains methyl tert-butyl ether (mtbe) and benzene, which are the chemicals of concerns (cocs) among the gasoline components. mtbe is highly water soluble and has a low henry’s law constant and low soil adsorption co-efficient. therefore, mtbe can easily move through the soil and then accumulate, distribu...

Occupational exposure to (benzene, toluene and xylene, BTX is common in the Chinese workplace. Chronic occupational exposure to benzene is associated with an increased risk of hematological malignancies such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML), but the underlying mechanisms are still unclear. This study investigates changes in poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation and DNA methylation in subjects occupationally ex...

AIMS To estimate exposures to benzene and naphthalene among military personnel working with jet fuel (JP-8) and to determine whether naphthalene might serve as a surrogate for JP-8 in studies of health effects. METHODS Benzene and naphthalene were measured in air and breath of 326 personnel in the US Air Force, who had been assigned a priori into low, moderate, and high exposure categories fo...

Ab initio calculations, using restricted Hartree-Fock, density-functional (DFT) and Moeller-Plesset perturbation theories, have been performed to study the cation-π interactions between alkali cations and [7]-helicene as well as the interaction between [7]-helicene and benzene. The helical molecule’s two terminal benzene rings give the profile of ‘crocodile’s jaws’ which open up to receive the ...

background: benzene is one of the important occupational pollutants. there are some reports about the leukemogenic effects related to low-level exposure to benzene. objective: to study the frequency of micronucleus (mn), nucleoplasmic bridge (nb), and nuclear budding (nbud) in the peripheral blood lymphocytes of petrochemical workers with low level exposure to benzene. methods: we enrolled 50 w...

Nanocarbons were successfully synthesized from benzene (BZ), nitro-benzene (BZ-NO2) and aniline (BZ-NH2) by solution plasma process (SPP).

BACKGROUND Mono aromatic hydrocarbons (BTEX) are a group of hazardous pollutants which originate from sources such as refineries, gas, and oil extraction fields, petrochemicals and paint and glue industries.Conventional methods, including incineration, condensation, adsorption and absorption have been used for removal of VOCs. None of these methods is economical for removal of pollutants of pol...

The gas-phase reaction of benzene with O((3)P) is of considerable interest for modeling of aromatic oxidation, and also because there exist fundamental questions concerning the prominence of intersystem crossing in the reaction. While its overall rate constant has been studied extensively, there are still significant uncertainties in the product distribution. The reaction proceeds mainly throug...