This research proposes the simple and reliable procedure of screening a wide range of polarity trace organic pollutants in influent and effluent municipal wastewater. Such a method includes concentrations of analytes on C18 bonded phase cartridges and its subsequent eluting with organic solvents of different polarity: n-hexane, ethyl ether, and methanol. Each eluate is directed to gas chromatog...

preparing a resin to recognize a target molecule,1 since it needs no precise design for preparing host compounds (supramolecules), such as crown ethers, cryptands, and cyclodextrins. Many imprinted resins have been prepared as sensors2 and for separating herbicides3 and enantio-isomer compounds.4 We have successfully prepared imprinted resins by a surface imprinting method for metal-chelation u...

Exploiting biomass as an alternative to petrochemicals for the production of commodity plastics is vitally important if we are to become a more sustainable society. Here, we report a synthetic route for the production of terephthalic acid (TPA), the monomer of the widely used thermoplastic polymer poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), from the biomass-derived starting material furfural. Biobased ...