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Aromatic hydrocarbon

About: Aromatic hydrocarbon is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5814 publications have been published within this topic receiving 55499 citations. The topic is also known as: arene & arenes.


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23 Jan 1978
TL;DR: Aromatic hydrocarbons are selectively partially hydrogenated to cyclic olefins by contacting the aromatic hydrocarbon with hydrogen and a ruthenium catalyst in an aqueous dispersion containing a salt of a phosphorus acid.
Abstract: Aromatic hydrocarbons are selectively partially hydrogenated to cyclic olefins by contacting the aromatic hydrocarbon with hydrogen and a ruthenium catalyst in an aqueous dispersion containing a salt of a phosphorus acid.

23 citations

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TL;DR: The determination of aromatic organic formulas in this study provides useful guidance for future quantitative analysis of hazardous aromatic compounds, and confirms the atmospheric presence of some previously reported O- and N-containing aromatic compounds and revealing new possible formulas.
Abstract: Many aromatic compounds (e.g., polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)) found in atmospheric aerosols are toxic and exist in both unsubstituted and substituted forms. Previous studies have mainly concentrated on investigating unsubstituted PAHs, leaving the substituted compounds largely uncharacterized. This study focuses on detection of both unsubstituted and substituted aromatics in ambient aerosol samples using ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry. Aerosol samples collected from roadside, urban, and suburban sites in Hong Kong were characterized by Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS) coupled with atmospheric pressure photoionization (APPI) or electrospray ionization (ESI). In the APPI+ mode, 166 aromatic CH formulas (i.e., formulas containing C and H only and with a double bond equivalent (DBE) of 4 or higher) were determined through molecular formula calculations based on an accurate m/z determination. Among the determined aromatic CH formulas, 141 are possible alkylated monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (MAH) or PAH formulas, and account for ≥ 45% of the total intensity by aromatic CH+ formulas. Both APPI+ and ESI+ are effective in detecting nitroaromatics (i.e., CHO2N1 formulas and DBE ≥ 5). The two ionization modes provide complementary formula coverage, with formulas determined by APPI+ extending to higher DBE and those by ESI+ covering higher carbon numbers. Alkylated nitrobenzene compounds are the most abundant among nitroaromatics, and they, together with alkylated nitro-PAHs, account for > 80% of the total intensity of aromatic CHO2N+ formulas, indicating the importance of these compounds in real aerosol samples. Aromatic CHN+ and CHO+ formulas are also determined, confirming the atmospheric presence of some previously reported O- and N-containing aromatic compounds and revealing new possible formulas. The determination of aromatic organic formulas in this study provides useful guidance for future quantitative analysis of hazardous aromatic compounds. Future work is needed to determine the abundance and to study the toxicity of alkylated MAHs and PAHs outside the 16 US EPA priority PAH compounds.

23 citations

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TL;DR: Results indicate that organisms capable of growth on multi-ring aromatic compounds may be particularly versatile in terms of aromatic hydrocarbon biodegradation and suggest that the biodegrading of BTEX and biphenyl by this strain is linked to a catabolic pathway with overlapping specificities.
Abstract: Although aromatic compounds are most often present in the environment as components of complex mixtures, biodegradation studies commonly focus on the degradation of individual compounds. The present study was performed to investigate the range of aromatic substrates utilized by biphenyl- and naphthalene-degrading environmental isolates and to ascertain the effects of co-occurring substrates during the degradation of mono-aromatic compounds. Bacterial strains were isolated on the basis of their ability to utilize either biphenyl or naphthalene as a sole source of carbon. Growth and transformation assays were conducted on each isolate to determine the range of substrates degraded. One isolate, Pseudomonas putida BP18, was tested for the ability to biodegrade benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene isomers (BTEX) individually and as components of mixtures. Overall, the results indicate that organisms capable of growth on multi-ring aromatic compounds may be particularly versatile in terms of aromatic hydrocarbon biodegradation. Furthermore, growth and transformation assays performed with strain BP18 suggest that the biodegradation of BTEX and biphenyl by this strain is linked to a catabolic pathway with overlapping specificities. The broad substrate specificity of these environmental isolates has important implications for bioremediation efforts in the field.

22 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the binding energies of halogen-ligated transition metal ions with benzene molecules were analyzed and it was concluded that binding of the first benzene molecule to the transition metal species is strongly enhanced by specific chemical interactions.

22 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202319
202247
202155
2020143
2019177
2018195