Anaerobic transformation of a technical brominated diphenyl ether mixture by super-reduced vitamin B12 and dicyanocobinamide

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1283-1290

  Gaul, Simon ^a   Von Der Recke, Roland ^a   Tomy, Gregg ^b   Vetter, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

2,2 ,3,3 4,4 ,5 ,6 Octabromo diphenyl ether; Abiotic transformation; Brominated flame retardants; Corrinoids; Technical diphenyl ether octabromo derivative

Indexed keywords

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATION; VITAMINS;

2,2′,3,3′4,4′,5′,6-OCTABROMO DIPHENYL ETHER; ABIOTIC TRANSFORMATION; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; CORRINOIDS; TECHNICAL DIPHENYL ETHER OCTABROMO DERIVATIVE;

ETHERS;

COBAMAMIDE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DICYANOCOBINAMIDE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; OCTABROMO DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BROMINE; DIPHENYL ETHER; NITRILE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BROMINE COMPOUND; ETHER; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; TRANSFORMATION; VITAMIN;

ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEBROMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

TETRA;

BROMINE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITRILES; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PHENYL ETHERS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 33749078986     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-338R.1     Document Type: Article

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