Trichloroacetic acid dehalogenation by reductive radicals

Inorganica Chimica Acta

Volumn 360, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1209-1216

  Gara, Pedro David ^a   Bucharsky, Ethel ^b   Wörner, Michael ^b   Braun, André M ^b   Mártire, Daniel O ^a   Gonzalez, Mónica C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICOQUÍMICAS TEÓRICAS Y APLICADAS INIFTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide radical anion; Hydroxymethyl radical; Reductive dehalogenation; Superoxide radical anion; Trichloroacetic acid

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEHALOGENATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; NEGATIVE IONS;

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES; AIR SATURATED SOLUTIONS; HYDROXYMETHYL RADICAL; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; RADICAL ANIONS; REACTION MECHANISM; REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENATION; SUPEROXIDE RADICAL ANIONS;

TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

EID: 33846215975     PISSN: 00201693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2006.10.019     Document Type: Article

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