Synthesis of octabrominated diphenyl ethers from aminodiphenyl ethers

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 7459-7463

  Teclechiel, Daniel ^a   Christiansson, Anna ^a   Bergman, Åke ^a   Marsh, Göran ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON IONIZATION MASS SPECTRA; OCTABROMODIPHENYL ETHERS;

MELTING POINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REDUCTION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ETHERS;

2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5' OCTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',3,3',4,4',5,6' OCTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',3,3',4,5',6,6' OCTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',3,3',4,5,5',6 OCTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',3,3',5,5',6,6' OCTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',3,4,4',5,6,6' OCTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,3,3',4,4',5',6 HEPTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 3,3',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 3,4' DIAMIODIPHENYL ETHER; 4,4' DIAMINOPHENYL ETHER; AMINOBIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; OCTABROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; PERBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ETHERS; MELTING POINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REDUCTION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CHEMICAL METHOD; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; PBDE;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIAZOTIZATION; ELECTRON IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELTING POINT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

BROMINE; FLAME RETARDANTS; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS;

TETRA;

EID: 35948979209     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es071496o     Document Type: Article

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