Sulfidogenic consortia enriched from an estuarine sediment were maintained on either 2-, 3-, or 4-chlorophenol as the only source of carbon and energy for over 5 years. The enrichment culture on 4-chlorophenol was the most active and this consortium was selected for further characterization. Utilization of chlorophenol resulted in sulfate depletion corresponding to the values expected for compl...

The electrical decomposition of 4-chlorophenol in water was examined with iridium dioxide doped on atitanium electrode. A number of electrical degradation products of 4-chlorophenol, such as hydroquinone and chlorohydroquinone via the addition of hydroxyl radicals, and dichlorophenol through addition of chlorine radical, were observed as major products. Moreover, hydroxylated chlorobiphenylethe...

The removal of 4-chlorophenol from aqueous phase continues to be an important environmental issue. In this work, the photochemical oxidation of 4-chlorophenol in aqueous solutions in a batch reactor using ultraviolet irradiation, hydrogen peroxide and nickel oxide was studied. The efficiency of the system was evaluated with respect to reaction time, pH, feed concentration of reactants, catalyst...

Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6, a previously described 4-chlorophenol-degrading strain, was found to degrade 4-chlorophenol via hydroxyquinol, which is a novel route for aerobic microbial degradation of this compound. In addition, 10 open reading frames exhibiting sequence similarity to genes encoding enzymes involved in chlorophenol degradation were cloned and designated part of a chlorophen...

Chlorophenol wastewater belongs to highly toxic industrial wastewater, which can cause serious harm the environment and human health if not treated effectively. The current treatment methods for chlorophenol are divided into physical, chemical, biological methods. physical adsorption experiment found that monodisperse magnetic nano-column was prepared by solvothermal method, could remove 91.5% ...

Wet oxidation of phenol, 2-chlorophenol, 4-chlorophenol and 2-nitrophenol over iron oxide and manganese dioxide catalysts was tested in this work with or without hydrogen peroxide in the reaction mixture. Influence of factors such as catalyst load, reactant-hydrogen peroxide mole ratio, and reaction time was monitored for all the phenols. Increase in the amount of hydrogen peroxide in the feed ...

The formation and structure of inclusion complexes of αand β-cyclodextrins with 2-chlorophenol (2CP), 3-chlorophenol (3CP), 4-chlorophenol (4CP), 2,4-dichlorophenol (24DCP), 2,6-dichlorophenol (26DCP) and 3,4-dichlorophenol (34DCP) have been studied by UV-VIS and 1H NMR spectroscopy. Both cyclodextrins were found to form 1 : 1 inclusion complexes. Binding constants estimated from titration stud...