Kinetic bromine isotope effect: Example from the microbial debromination of brominated phenols

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 405, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2923-2929

  Bernstein, Anat ^a   Ronen, Zeev ^a   Levin, Elena ^b   Halicz, Ludwik ^b   Gelman, Faina ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bromine; CSIA; GC MC ICPMS; Isotope enrichment

Indexed keywords

COMPOUND-SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; CSIA; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; GC-MC-ICPMS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETER; ISOTOPE ENRICHMENTS; KINETIC ISOTOPE EFFECTS; REDUCTIVE DEBROMINATION;

BROMINE; CARRIER MOBILITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; KINETICS;

ISOTOPES;

2,4 DIBROMOPHENOL; 2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOL; 2,4,6-TRIBROMOPHENOL; 2,4-DIBROMOPHENOL; 4 BROMOPHENOL; 4-BROMOPHENOL; BROMINE; ISOTOPE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; HALOGENATION; KINETICS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; BROMINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENATION; ISOTOPES; KINETICS; PHENOLS;

EID: 84876949243     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-012-6446-0     Document Type: Article

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