IMPROVED SYNTHESES OF 2, 2', 3, 3', 6, 6'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL

SC Waller, EA Mash

Index: Waller, Stephen C.; Mash, Eugene A. Organic Preparations and Procedures International, 1997 , vol. 29, # 6 p. 679 - 685

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Abstract

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are toxic1 and carcinogenic2 compounds that contaminate nearly every ecosystem of our planet." While the use of PCBs has been curtailed? global contamination is expected to be a long-term problems because of the slow rate of oxidative metabolism of some congenersh and the slow degradation of PCBs by natural processes.', 8 For these reasons, studies of the metabolism and toxicity of ...