Current Organic Chemistry - Volume 22, Issue 11, 2018

Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) are toxic, mutagenic and carcinogenic, causing great concern in the public. This review analyzes the properties, toxic effects and sources of PCDD/Fs. The distribution in various environmental compartments, including air, water, soil and sediments, are described. Further, the transformation of PCDD/Fs in the environment was emphatically discussed. Th Read More

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are persistent organic pollutants (POPs) structurally composed of 2-7 fused aromatic rings. They are released from all processes involving incomplete combustion of organic materials. In the ambient air, they are present as vapors or adsorbed onto airborne particulate matter. They undergo several physicochemical reactions and photochemical reactions with atmospheric ozone, NO Read More

The occurrence of micro-pollutants in natural waters (surface and groundwater) as well as in wastewaters, has become a worldwide issue of a great importance for environmental protection strategies. First of all, disinfection by-products, endocrine disrupting, pharmaceuticals and personal care products are taken into account. The paper gives a brief outline on recent advances in the detection and removal of this pollutants Read More

In the last decades, the development of advanced analytical techniques has revealed the presence of micro-contaminants (MCs) in effluents from municipal wastewater treatment plants (MWTPs), which represents a significant challenge to wastewater reclamation as biological treatments attain only partial removal of MCs. The application of tertiary treatments for refining these waters so as to avoid MCs reaching both irrig Read More

This mini-review will describe the recent applications of tert–butyl nitrite (TBN) in organic synthesis. Due to its unique structural feature and wide application, TBN holds a prominent and great potential in organic synthesis. Since the applications of TBN is too wide and developments have been too fast, Part-I of the present mini-review has surveyed the studies carried out to date in three areas viz. aerobic oxidation, annulation, a Read More