Monofluorinated analogues of polybrominated diphenyl ethers as analytical standards: Synthesis, NMR, and GC-MS characterization and molecular orbital studies

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3023-3029

  Luthe, Gregor ^a,d   Leonards, Pim E G ^b,e   Reijerink, Gaby S ^c   Liu, Huling ^c   Johansen, Jon E ^c   Robertson, Larry W ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Chiron AS   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SALTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CONGENERS; DIPOLE MOMENT; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDE);

ETHERS;

BROMOPHENOL DERIVATIVE; DIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYLIODONIUM SALT; FLAME RETARDANT; FLUORINE; FLUORINE DERIVATIVE; MARKER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ETHERS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SALTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PBDE; POLLUTANT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOM; BROMINATION; CALCULATION; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIPOLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; ETHERS; FLUORINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ONIUM COMPOUNDS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646349475     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es052410z     Document Type: Article

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