SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF 22 PURIFIED POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN CONGENERS Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The identification of toxic polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) in diverse environmental matrices requires the availability of purified standards for analytical, toxic, and biologic studies. This study reports the synthesis and characterization of 22 purified PCDF congeners by the base-catalyzed cyclization of their corresponding hydroxypolychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) precursors containing o-chloro and -hydroxy substituents on the two phenyl rings. The synthesis of the hydroxy PCBs (from their methoxy analogues) was accomplished by using two main routes, namely, (1) the diazo coupling of chlorinated anisidines and symmetrical chlorinated benzenes and (2) the diazo coupling of chlorinated anilines and chlorinated anisles. By the judicious selection of the synthetic precursors it is conceivable that these schemes could be used to prepare most of the PCDF congeners. 1984, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.

published proceedings

  • JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

altmetric score

  • 9

author list (cited authors)

  • SAFE, S. H., & SAFE, L. M.

citation count

  • 39

complete list of authors

  • SAFE, SH||SAFE, LM

publication date

  • January 1984