Structure of the toxaphene compound 2,5-endo,6-exo,8,9,9,10,10- octachlorobornene-2: A temperature-dependent formation of two rotamers

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1736-1740

  Parlar, Harun ^a,b   Burhenne, Jürgen ^c   Coelhan, Mehmet ^b   Vetter, Walter ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Alte Akademie 3   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; INFRARED RADIATION; IRRADIATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THERMAL EFFECTS; X RAYS;

ABIOTIC TRANSFORMATIONS; CHLOROBORNANE COMPOUNDS; ROTAMERS; TOXAPHENE COMPONENTS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

2,2,3 EXO,5 ENDO,6 EXO8,9,9,10,10 DECACHLOROBORNANE; 2,5 ENDO,6 EXO,8,9,9,10,10 OCTACHLOROBORNENE 2; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; CHLOROBORNANE; HEXANE; METHYL CHLORIDE; MONOMER; ROTAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL BONDING; CHEMICAL COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ROTATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STEREOSPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; INSECTICIDES; ISOMERISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE; TOXAPHENE;

EID: 15244361821     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es040075t     Document Type: Article

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