4. The environmental fate of synthetic organic chemicals
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Theodore Mill
Abstract
This article focuses on the routes of transport and abiotic processes involved in the environmental transformation of synthetic organic chemicals and how molecular structure controls the products and lifetimes of several important classes of organic chemicals. The chapter also discusses the current methods to reliably determine the rates and products of degradation of new chemicals based on combinations of chemical structure and environmental processes as well as use of laboratory and field measurements. Methods are also discussed for use of structure activity relations for this purpose.
Abstract
This article focuses on the routes of transport and abiotic processes involved in the environmental transformation of synthetic organic chemicals and how molecular structure controls the products and lifetimes of several important classes of organic chemicals. The chapter also discusses the current methods to reliably determine the rates and products of degradation of new chemicals based on combinations of chemical structure and environmental processes as well as use of laboratory and field measurements. Methods are also discussed for use of structure activity relations for this purpose.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- About the series V
- Preface: the continuum of green chemical education VII
- Contents XIII
- List of Contributing authors XIX
- 1. Green chemistry and the grand challenges of sustainability 1
- 2. Invasive species or sustainable water filters? A student-led laboratory investigation into locally sourced biomass-based adsorbents for sustainable water treatment 13
- 3. Recent advances in the application of carbohydrates as renewable feedstocks for the synthesis of nitrogen-containing compounds 35
- 4. The environmental fate of synthetic organic chemicals 67
- 5. Synthesis of “three-legged” tri-dentate podand ligands incorporating long-chain aliphatic moieties, for water remediators, and for isolating metal ions in non-aqueous solution 97
- 6. An introductory course in green chemistry: Progress and lessons learned 105
- 7. Introduction to cheminformatics for green chemistry education 135
- 8. Green chemistry outreach 149
- 9. The development of a bioenergy-based green chemistry curriculum for high schools 171
- 10. Green chemistry in secondary school 185
- Index 197
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- About the series V
- Preface: the continuum of green chemical education VII
- Contents XIII
- List of Contributing authors XIX
- 1. Green chemistry and the grand challenges of sustainability 1
- 2. Invasive species or sustainable water filters? A student-led laboratory investigation into locally sourced biomass-based adsorbents for sustainable water treatment 13
- 3. Recent advances in the application of carbohydrates as renewable feedstocks for the synthesis of nitrogen-containing compounds 35
- 4. The environmental fate of synthetic organic chemicals 67
- 5. Synthesis of “three-legged” tri-dentate podand ligands incorporating long-chain aliphatic moieties, for water remediators, and for isolating metal ions in non-aqueous solution 97
- 6. An introductory course in green chemistry: Progress and lessons learned 105
- 7. Introduction to cheminformatics for green chemistry education 135
- 8. Green chemistry outreach 149
- 9. The development of a bioenergy-based green chemistry curriculum for high schools 171
- 10. Green chemistry in secondary school 185
- Index 197
