Isobutoxypentabromocyclododecanes (iBPBCDs): A new class of polybrominated compounds

Chemosphere

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 950-957

  Heeb, Norbert V ^a   Graf, Heidi ^a,b   Bernd Schweizer, W ^c   Lienemann, P ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardant; Crystal structure; Diastereomers; Enantiomers; iBPBCDs

Indexed keywords

COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENANTIOMERS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYSTYRENES; STEREOCHEMISTRY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC RETENTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; DIASTEREOMERS; EXTRUDED POLYSTYRENES; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; IBPBCDS; REVERSED-PHASE COLUMNS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

ALPHA ISOBUTOXYPENTABROMOCYCLODODECANE; BETA ISOBUTOXYPENTABROMOCYCLODODECANE; DELTA ISOBUTOXYPENTABROMOCYCLODODECANE; EPSILON ISOBUTOXYPENTABROMOCYCLODODECANE; ETA ISOBUTOXYPENTABROMOCYCLODODECANE; GAMMA ISOBUTOXYPENTABROMOCYCLODODECANE; ISOBUTOXYPENTABROMOCYCLODODECANE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOBROMINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; THETA ISOBUTOXYPENTABROMOCYCLODODECANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XI ISOBUTOXYPENTABROMOCYCLODODECANE;

BIOTA; BROMINE COMPOUND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYMER; TOXICOLOGY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIASTEREOISOMER; POLLUTANT; SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 75149192136     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.12.045     Document Type: Article

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