Untreated shale oil, shale oil treated with HCl aqueous solution and shale oil treated with HCl and furfural were used to do comparative experiments in fixed bed reactors. Nitrogen compounds and condensed aromatics extracted by HCl and furfural were characterized by electrospray ionization Fourier transform cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry and gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, resp...

Anther volatiles of 12 Ranunculaceae species distributed in six genera (Anemone, Aquilegia, Caltha, Pulsatilla, Ranunculus, and Trollius) were investigated by thermal desorption of anthers in quartz microvials inserted into a modified injector. Chemical analysis (GC-MS) yielded a total of 116 compounds from which 103 compounds could be identified. A great diversity of compounds was observed, in...

Selected results of environmental chamber experiments carried out in the new large indoor environmental chamber at the University of California at Riverside (UCR) that are relevant to quantifying ozone impacts of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are described. Issues and data needs for quantification of VOC reactivities towards ground-level ozone are described. The ability of the current SAPRC...

A limited amount of information exists regarding the relationship between the chemical form of copper and the formation of chlorinated aromatics in fly ash. To understand the effects of the various forms of copper on the formation of chlorinated aromatics in real fly ash, we determined the chemical forms of copper present in various types of real fly ash using X-ray absorption near edge structu...

The characterization of the volatile compounds of two varieties of Solanum betaceum Cav. by means of headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) is presented. The HS-SPME method for extraction of the volatiles compounds was optimized by using a 2 central composite design. Maximum extraction of volatile compounds was achieved by using...

Aromatic compounds, such as benzene and its derivatives, porphyrins, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and graphene, have numerous applications in biomedicine, materials science, energy science, and environmental science. Metalla-aromatics are analogues of conventional organic aromatic molecules in which one of the (hydro)carbon segments is formally replaced by an isolobal transition-metal fragment...

N-substituted aromatics are important priority pollutants entering the environment primarily through anthropogenic activities associated with the industrial production of dyes, explosives, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals. Anaerobic treatment of wastewaters discharged by these industries could potentially be problematical as a result of the high toxicity of N-substituted aromatics. The objective...

Selective mutagenicity was studied in Drosophila for 2 groups of carcinogenic chemical series with divergent intrinsic reactivities towards cellular macromolecules: (a) the reactive alkylating and nitroso compounds; and (b) the nonreactive polycyclic hydrocarbons, aromatic amines, and azo dyes. Genetic activity with each compound was examined with respect to the specific effects on the RNA-form...

Selective mutagenicity was studied in Drosophila for 2 groups of carcinogenic chemical series with divergent intrinsic reactivities towards cellular macromolecules: (a) the reactive alkylating and nitroso compounds; and (b) the nonreactive polycyclic hydrocarbons, aromatic amines, and azo dyes. Genetic activity with each compound was examined with respect to the specific effects on the RNA-form...