Dissolved organic matter inhibition of sonochemical degradation of aqueous polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Sonochemical degradation of aqueous polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) was found to be rapid in the absence of other dissolved compounds (k = 0.006-0.015 s-1). In the presence of 20 mg Cl-1 fulvic acid, first-order PAH degradation rate constants decreased from 2.3- to 3.7-fold. Similar results were obtained with added benzoic acid, a crude analog for fulvic acid. In natural waters, PAH degradation was almost completely inhibited. Analysis of the kinetic behavior and reaction products indicates that PAHs are most likely degraded through a radical cation mechanism. Hydroxyl radical appeared to play an insignificant role in the degradation. Inhibited degradation was probably the result of either altered cavitation processes or isolation of the PAH away from cavitation sites.     

The formation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from the supercritical pyrolysis of 1-methylnaphthalene

In order to better understand the pyrolytic reactions leading to the formation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and carbonaceous solids under supercritical conditions, we have pyrolyzed the model fuel 1-methylnaphthalene (critical temperature, 499 °C; critical pressure, 36 atm) in an isothermal silica-lined stainless-steel reactor coil at 585 °C, 110 atm, and 140 s. Analysis of the reaction products by high-pressure liquid chromatography with diode-array ultraviolet-visible absorbance detection and mass spectrometric detection has led to the identification of 37 individual 2- to 7-ring PAH—fifteen of which have never before been reported as products of 1-methylnaphthalene pyrolysis. The absence, among the reaction products, of single-ring aromatics and acetylene indicates that there is no aromatic ring rupture in this reaction environment, and the structures of each of the 5- to 7-ring PAH products reveal the intactness of the two 2-ring naphthalene units required in their construction. Proposed reaction pathways involving species plentiful in the reaction environment—1-naphthylmethyl radical, methyl radical, 1-methylnaphthalene, naphthalene, and 2-methylnaphthalene—account for the formation of the observed 5- to 7-ring PAH products. These reaction pathways, along with consideration of bond dissociation energies and relative abundances of reactant species, account for the extremely high product selectivity exhibited by the observed product PAH. The detection of seven 8- and 9-ring PAH, each requiring construction from three naphthalene or methylnaphthalene units, provides evidence that the types of reaction mechanisms outlined here—for the combination of two naphthalene entities to form 5- to 7-ring PAH—are also likely to apply to the combination of three and more such entities in the formation of larger-ring-number PAH and eventually carbonaceous solids.     

Interactions of NiO particles with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and acetylene generated from the pyrolysis of a model fuel

Experiments have been conducted to study the effects of NiO, a prevalent form of nickel in combustion-generated ash particles, on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and other hydrocarbons in a fuel product mixture. The fuel product mixture is generated from the gas-phase pyrolysis, in N₂, of the model fuel catechol in a quartz tube reactor at 1100 K and 5 s, a condition that ensures full conversion of the catechol and produces a mixture—of PAH, hydrocarbon gases, and oxygen-containing species—that is representative of the products of practical liquid and solid fuels in pyrolysis and fuel-rich combustion environments. Once formed, the product mixture is passed, at the same temperature, through a bed of ultrafine NiO particles held in place by quartz wool, in the contact zone of the reactor. The products exiting the reactor are quenched, collected, and analyzed by non-dispersive infrared analyzers, gas chromatography, and high-pressure liquid chromatography with diode-array ultraviolet–visible absorbance detection. The results from the experiments at 1100 K show that—compared to the case of no inorganics in the contact zone—when NiO is present: PAH yields are reduced 86% (from 10.8% to 1.48% fed carbon); all of the highly mutagenic 5- and 6-ring PAH are eliminated; and all of the acetylene, the highest-yield hydrocarbon product when NiO is absent, and other hydrocarbons with carbon–carbon triple bonds are eliminated from the gas phase. Most of the surface-bound carbon is released as CO. Similar experiments at 1275 K show that—except for the release of the surface-bound carbon as CO—the selective surface effects of NiO bring about similar results at higher temperature: 89% reduction in PAH yield, elimination of mutagenic 5- and 6-ring PAH, removal of acetylene and acetylenic species, as well as a decrease in the production of solid carbon (not formed at 1100 K).     

表面增强拉曼光谱技术在多环芳烃检测中的应用

多环芳烃(polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,PAHs)是一类致癌性很强的环境污染物.由于PAHs分子不含有能与金属配位或键合的官能团,因此很难利用SERS技术对其进行直接检测.本文综述了近年来表面增强拉曼散射(surface-enhanced Raman scattering,SERS)...     

The influence of the aromatic character in the gas chromatography elution order: the case of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

A link between the aromatic character of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and gas chromatography (GC) elution order in columns with a polysiloxane backbone in the stationary phase is reported for the first time. The aromatic character was calculated using a method that combines the π-Sextet Rule and the Pauling Ring Bond Orders to allow the establishment of the location and migration of aromatic sextets in PAH structures. One GC column with a polysiloxane-like backbone (Rxi-PAH) and three GC columns with a polysiloxane backbone (DB-5, SE-52 and LC-50) were used for the analysis. According to the results of this study, within an isomer group, PAHs that contain a lower number of rings affected by the aromatic sextets tend to elute earlier than PAHs that contain a higher number of rings affected by the aromatic sextets. The PAHs that follow the calculated elution order are 88% in the Rxi-PAH column, 88% in the DB-5 column, 93% in the SE-52 column and 85% in the LC-50 column. It is expected that future analyses with other aromatic compounds in GC columns with a polysiloxane backbone in the stationary phase will follow a GC elution order that agrees with the aromatic character of the molecules.     

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from the co-pyrolysis of catechol and 1,3-butadiene

In order to better understand the reactions responsible for the formation and growth of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) from solid fuels, we have performed pyrolysis experiments in an isothermal laminar-flow reactor (at temperatures of 600-1000 °C and a fixed residence time of 0.3 s) with catechol, a model fuel representative of the aromatic moieties in coal and biomass fuels; 1,3-butadiene, a major product of biomass pyrolysis; and with catechol and 1,3-butadiene together (in a catechol-to-1,3-butadiene molar ratio of 0.83). No PAH of ?3 rings are produced at temperatures <700 °C, but PAH production becomes significant at temperatures ?800 °C. Analysis of the higher-temperature reaction products by high-pressure liquid chromatography with diode-array ultraviolet-visible absorbance detection has led to the identification of over 100 PAH (ranging in size to 10 fused aromatic rings) - 47 of which have never before been reported as products of any phenol-type fuel. Quantification of the product yields shows that a much higher percentage of fed carbon is converted to PAH in the catechol-only pyrolysis experiments than in the 1,3-butadiene-only pyrolysis experiments - a result attributable to catechol’s relatively labile O-H bond and capacity for generating oxygen-containing radicals, which accelerate both fuel conversion and the pyrolysis reactions leading to 1- and 2-ring aromatics and PAH. When the two fuels are co-pyrolyzed, the percentage of the total fed carbon converting to PAH is more than two times higher than the amount calculated for the hypothetical case of the two fuels together behaving as a linear combination of the two fuels individually. This elevated production of PAH from the co-pyrolysis experiments reflects not only the reaction-accelerating role of the oxygen-containing radicals but also the efficacy, as growth agents, of the C₂ - and especially the C₄ - species abundantly present in the catechol/1,3-butadiene co-pyrolysis environment.     

多环芳烃在超临界环己烷中的溶解：分子动力学模拟研究

重油中大量存在的多环芳烃会经过缩合反应会形成稠环芳烃,而溶解扩散的限制会导致稠环芳烃之间的聚合从形成残焦,使得对重油的利用率大大降低,所以多环芳烃热解过程的溶解扩散是重油改质的关键因素之一.因此,基于环己烷对烃类良好的溶解性,本文采用分子动力学模拟的方法研究了多环芳烃及其混合物在超临界环己烷中的溶解行为,结果表明在不同温度与密度下超临界环己烷对于具有NAP均具有良好的溶解性,而温度对于Bghip溶解的影响较小.在多环芳烃混合物的油滴溶解过程中,NAP优先溶解到环己烷相中,而Bghip则集中在粒径减小的油滴中.通过计算体系中多环芳烃的径向分配函数与溶剂化自由能发现环己烷与多环芳烃间之间能相互吸引,环己烷在多环芳烃分子周围形成的溶剂壳能抑制多环芳烃分子间的聚合.温度升高以及密度的将降低会导致多环芳烃的内聚能密度降低,增加了多环芳烃与超临界环己烷之间的相互作用.环己烷密度越小以及温度的升高可以促进多环芳烃或多环芳烃混合物在超临界环己烷中的溶解.     

Restricted geometry optimization for estimating stabilization energies of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

At the B3LYP/6‐31G* level, our program of geometry optimization under the restrictions of π‐orbital interactions was applied to five homologous series such as acene‐, phenanthrene, triphenylene, chrysene, benzopyrene series, and seven additional molecules such as tri‐ and tetra‐benzanthracene, benzo‐ and naphtho‐pentaphene, dibenzopentacene and tribenzotetracene, providing each of the 35 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with two types of localized reference geometries: (i) the ‘GL’ geometry where all double bonds are localized and (ii) m different ‘GE‐m’ geometries, where only a specific pair of double bonds are permitted to conjugate and all other bonds are localized.. Each GE‐m resulted from the local π interaction between a pair of double bonds in the GL geometry. The total sum of molecular energy differences, ([E(Ground) ? E(GL)] ? Σ[E(GE‐m) ? E(GL)]), is defined as the extra stabilization energy (ESE) for a PAH. The corrected ESE (CESE) then resulted from considering π interactions between pairs of nonbonded double bonds. In this work, the position, energy and GL sextet rules were developed to ensure that the GL geometry chosen from its candidates as well as the GE‐m geometries is no longer arbitrary. Therefore, it is the GL and GE‐m geometries of the PAH itself, rather than nonaromatic compounds, that serve as reference structures for calculating CESE. As a result, for each of the four homologous series (acene, phenanthrene, triphenylene, and benzopyrene), CESE/π can be fitted as a linear function of the p band frequency . For each of the four isomeric series with molecular formulas of C₁₈H₁₂, C₂₂H₁₄, C₂₆H₁₆, and C₃₀H₁₈, CESE/π can also be fitted as a second‐order polynomial function of the p band frequency as well as of the number of GL sextets. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Selective determination of acenaphthene in mixtures of three-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by fluorescence quenching in micellar medium of cetylpyridinium bromide

The interaction of acenaphthene, anthracene, and phenanthrene with cetylpyridinium bromide (CPB) was studied. The CPB acts as a quencher provoking inhibition of fluorescence intensity emitted by these hydrocarbons. The existing differences in the fluorescence inhibition for these PAHs allow us to develop a selective synchronous spectrofluorimetric method for the determination of acenaphthene in a CPB micellar medium, with a detection limit of 9.2 and 10.4 ng ml^-1 for Δλ = 10 and 40 nm, respectively. The method was applied to the selective determination of acenaphthene in mixtures of typical three-ring hydrocarbons, including anthracene, phenanthrene, and fluorene.     

污染水体溶解有机物诱导荧光猝灭特性的实验研究

溶解有机物的含量是衡量水质的常用指标,利用荧光方法可以实现对自然水体溶解有机物的浓度进行高灵敏在线遥测。文章利用三维荧光光谱技术对溶解有机物进行了荧光表征,实验研究了溶解有机物浓度与荧光强度的关系,以及水体酸碱度和金属离子对荧光强度的影响。研究表明,当溶解有机物浓度在小于10 mg·L-1,pH值在6.5～7.5范围内时,荧光强度与浓度具有很好的线性关系;金属离子对溶解有机物诱导荧光有较大猝灭作用,不同金属离子对诱导荧光强度的猝灭效果有显著不同。     

Study of surface and solution properties of gemini-conventional surfactant mixtures and their effects on solubilization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

The aqueous solubility enhancement of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) naphthalene, anthracene and pyrene by micellar solutions of single gemini surfactant hexanediyl-1,6-bis(dimethylcetylammonium bromide) (G6) and its mixtures with cationic cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), anionic sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate (AOT) and nonioinic polyoxyethylene (20) cetyl ether (Brij 58) have been investigated. Above the cmc, maximum solubilization occurs in the Brij 58 surfactant micelles whereas the solubilization is least in presence of AOT. The PAHs are solubilized synergistically in mixed gemini-conventional surfactant solutions, which is attributed to the formation of mixed micelles, their lower cmc values, and the increase of the solvents' molar solubilization ratios or micellar partition coefficients because of the lower polarity of the mixed micelles.     

Characterization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons using Raman and surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous atmospheric pollutants and food contaminants, which exhibit potent carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, and teratogenicity. Vibrational spectroscopy techniques, especially Raman spectroscopy and surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), can be potentially used as an alternative technique to liquid and gas chromatography in PAH analysis. However, there is limited information on the intrinsic Raman and SERS fingerprints of PAHs. In this study, we have acquired the Raman and SERS spectra of seven PAH compounds and compared their experimental spectra with theoretical Raman spectra calculated by density function theory (DFT). The vibrational modes corresponding to the Raman peaks have also been assigned using DFT. Characteristic Raman and SERS peaks have been identified for five PAH compounds, and the limits of detection were estimated. Such information could be useful for developing SERS assays for simple and rapid PAH identification. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

平行因子法和区域积分法优选可溶性有机物三维荧光提取方法及时间

为明确DOM组分和总量的提取效果是否存在差异,及是否需要分别设置提取时间,选用常用的振荡和离心两种提取方式,根据高速离心机与恒温振荡箱的工作上限设置提取时间梯度,采用常用的光谱解析方法平行因子模型（PARAFAC）和荧光区域积分（FRI）分别表征设定时段内DOM组成特征的变化情况。通过对上述两种方法解析的组分进行相关性和主成分分析得出：使用FRI解析时类腐殖质组分与类蛋白质组分存在明显差异;PARAFAC分析类腐殖酸组分与类富里酸类组分存在明显差异,需要分别对总量和组分设置提取时间。以经济和提取组分分布稳定为原则,筛选出荧光区域积分值或最大荧光强度得分值（F_max）达到最大值的时间。结果显示,室温25 ℃下时,在离心处理下采用两种方法分析得出的DOM总量与各组分的最佳提取时间均为45 min;振荡处理下DOM总量、类腐殖酸、类富里酸、类色氨酸、类络氨酸和微生物代谢产物的最优提取时间分别为12, 21, 12, 12, 12和12 h,PARAFAC分析得出DOM总量、C1、C2、C3的最优提取时间分别为12, 21, 12和39 h。综上,两种提取方式各有优点,离心处理下组分与总量可采用同一提取时间。振荡处理下区域积分值与F_max呈现振荡大于离心,且变化幅度较小,提取效果较为稳定。研究成果可为在进行三维荧光光谱测量DOM时优化提取方案提供一定的参考,减小对后续研究产生的误差。     

Direct Fluorescence Monitoring of Coal Organic Matter Released in Seawater

Whenever immersed in seawater after a collier accident, a fossil fuel such as coal could become a source of pollution to the marine environment. To study the effect of such a contamination, four coal samples from different origins were used. A first analysis on those coals enabled us to determine the content of polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons. Seawater was then mixed with coal to study the organic matter released from coal into seawater. Fluorescence was used for its sensitivity to aromatic compounds, with the additional purpose of evaluating the relevance of using an immerse fluorescence probe to monitor water pollution. Excitation–emission matrices were recorded and the excitation–emission wavelength range corresponding to the highest fluorescence intensity was 230 nm/[370 nm; 420 nm]. The samples with coal happened to fluoresce more than the coal-free samples, the difference depending on the coal origin. The fluorescence intensity increased with coal mass, up to some limit. The particle size also influenced the fluorescence intensity, the finest particles releasing more fluorescing substances, due to their higher exchange surface. When seawater percolated through coal, the samples fluoresced highly at the beginning, and then the fluorescence intensity decreased and reached the seawater level. However, even with a 10 ns acquisition time shift, the fluorescence spectra were not specific enough to show the presence of PAHs in the samples, which were too diluted to be detected, whenever released from coal into seawater. The lifetimes of the seawater and of the coal samples were respectively 4.7 and 3.8 ns, indicating that the substances released from coal mainly consisted of short-lived fluorescing substances, such as natural humic or fulvic substances. Consequently, the presence of coal does not seem to be too detrimental to the marine environment, and a direct fluorescence probe could be used to monitor the seawater organic charge increase due to the immersion of coal in seawater.     

太湖典型湖区水体溶解有机质的光谱学特征

应用荧光光谱、紫外光谱及多种紫外参数等光谱学手段对太湖水体溶解有机质(DOM)进行分析测定,探讨太湖典型湖区水体中DOM的来源及其影响因素。结果表明:不同湖区水体DOM组成特性呈现出一定的区域特征,位于入湖河流的T1点和T2点所代表的竺山湾湖区,结构复杂的大分子物质和腐殖质类物质含量较多,这些区域受多重来源包括生物来源、陆源及生产生活污水的影响较大;以T3为代表的梅梁湾湖区、T4为代表的贡湖湾湖区和T5所处的湖心区其DOM复杂化程度相对较低;而T6点代表的东太湖湖区,因受外界环境的影响较小,以结构简单的类蛋白物质含量居多。     

Trace analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons using calixarene layered gold colloid film as substrates for surface‐enhanced Raman scattering

A surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) active substrate for the detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) was developed, which used 25, 27‐dimercaptoacetic acid‐26, 28‐dihydroxy‐4‐terbutyl calix[4]arene (DMCX) to functionalize a gold colloid film. This SERS‐active substrate prepared by self‐assembly method exhibits a high sensitivity, especially for the detection of PAHs. With the use of this SERS‐active substrate and with the application of the shifted excitation Raman difference spectroscopy (SERDS) technique, Raman signals of pyrene and anthracene in aqueous solutions at low concentration level (500 pM) can be obtained. Moreover, because PAHs are blocked from being directly adsorbed on gold colloid by DMCX and the photochemical reactions of adsorbates are avoided, the Raman bands of PAHs adsorbed on DMCX‐fuctionalized gold colloid film can be one‐to‐one correspondence with those of solid PAHs, and additionally, this SERS‐active substrate can be easily cleaned and reused. The obtained results demonstrate that the DMCX‐functionalized gold colloid films prepared by self‐assembly method have great potential to be developed to an in situ PAHs detection substrate. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

In Silico study of carcinogenic o‐Quinone metabolites derived from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

A computational density functional theory study on the structural and electronic properties of several polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) ortho‐quinones was performed and the possible mechanism of DNA‐adduct formation was analyzed to evaluate its thermodynamic viability. Molecular docking techniques were applied to examine the noncovalent interactions developed when a model PAH ortho‐quinone intercalates between the DNA double helix. Quantum‐chemical ONIOM (our Own N‐layer Integrated molecular Orbital molecular Mechanics) calculations within the structure of a DNA fragment were carried out to evaluate the significant steps of noncovalent complex and covalent adduct formation. The solvent effect was also considered by employing a continuum solvation model. The present calculations suggest that initial noncovalent interactions of the PAH o‐quinone within the DNA double helix could determine the feasibility of benzo[a]pyrene‐7,8‐dione‐DNA covalent adduct formation, and that dispersion‐corrected functionals are more suitable for locating the noncovalent complex. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

獐子岛附近海域溶解有机物的荧光特征

利用平行因子分析(PARAFAC)模型对三维荧光光谱(EEMs)进行解析,研究了獐子岛附近海域不同季节荧光溶解有机物(DOM)荧光的组成特点及分布变化。调查水域在不同季节的DOM荧光组成基本一致,包含类腐殖质荧光组分C1(265/440nm),C2(410～450/520～550nm)和类蛋白荧光组分C3(230,280/330nm),且三者有很好的相关性,表明它们有着相同的来源或彼此间存在某种关系。各组分在不同季节不同水层的分布有在獐子岛周围海域荧光强度相对较大的共同点。通过对各组分与叶绿素a和盐度变化的关系研究发现,调查海区OM受现场浮游植物和人类生产活动的共同作用。分析结果有效的证明了EEMs与PARAFAC相结合对DOM荧光进行分析鉴别的可行性。     

垃圾渗滤液中溶解性有机物组分的三维荧光特性

运用三维荧光光谱技术研究了垃圾渗滤液中六种DOM组分的荧光特性。结果表明:类富里酸、类色氨酸和腐殖酸类物质是垃圾渗滤液DOM的主要组成,其中大量紫外区类富里酸物质的存在,是导致其可生化性差的主要原因。HOA含有较多紫外区类富里酸和较少可见区类富里酸,HIA正好相反;HIN组分主要包括紫外区和可见区类富里酸;HOB、HIB和HIN三种组分在各区域荧光信号都较强,包括HON组分在内,这四种组分荧光峰位置主要集中在类腐殖酸、紫外区类富里酸及可见区类富里酸三个区域;但不同组分的荧光强度差别较大,HOB和HIB在紫外区类富里酸有较强荧光强度,HIN在紫外区类富里酸、可见区类富里酸区域均有较强荧光强度;与这三者相比,HON在各位置的荧光信号中等;而HOA和HIA的荧光强度相对较弱,说明有机酸类物质的荧光特性较差。