Formation of octachloroacenaphthylene in the pyrolysis of decachlorobiphenyl

A Bleise, E Kleist, K Günther, MJ Schwuger

Index: Bleise; Kleist; Guenther; Schwuger Chemosphere, 1997 , vol. 35, # 4 p. 655 - 666

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Abstract

The pyrolytic degradation of decachlorobiphenyl (PCB 209) in the temperature range of 700– 1000° C and at a pyrolysis time of 10 seconds generated one main chloroaromatic product. This Compound has been identified by HPLC-UV, GC-MS, GC-FTIR and 13C-NMR as octachloroacenaphthylene (OCAN). The mechanism of the nearly quantitative formation of octachloroacenaphthylene (OCAN) occurs via a nonachlorobenzobarrylene radical (ZIR) ...