Important role of reaction field in photodegradation of deca-bromodiphenyl ether: Theoretical and experimental investigations of solvent effects

Chemosphere

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1486-1490

  Xie, Qing ^a   Chen, Jingwen ^a   Shao, Jianping ^a   Chen, Chang'er ^a   Zhao, Hongxia ^a   Hao, Ce ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Dept of Environ Sci and Technol   (China)

Author keywords

BDE 209; Photolysis; Reaction field; Solvent effect

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BROMINE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DICHLOROMETHANE; ETHERS; HYDROGEN; PHOTOLYSIS;

BDE-209; DIFFERENT SOLVENTS; ELECTRON-DONATING EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; MOLECULAR PROPERTIES; REACTION FIELDS; SOLVENT EFFECTS; VERTICAL EXCITATION ENERGY;

SOLVENTS;

2 PROPANOL; ACETONE; ACETONITRILE; ALCOHOL; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; DICHLOROMETHANE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; METHANOL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; TETRAHYDROFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETONE; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; ELECTRON; ETHANOL; ETHER; METHANOL; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION KINETICS; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EXCITATION; HYDROGENATION; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; POLYMERIZATION; QUANTUM YIELD; SOLVENT EFFECT;

EID: 68949189402     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.06.054     Document Type: Article

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