- Title
- Formation of persistent organic pollutants from 2,4,5-trichlorothiophenol combustion: a density functional theory investigation
- Creator
- Dar, Tajwar; Shah, Kalpit; Moghtaderi, Behdad; Page, Alister J.
- Relation
- ARC
- Relation
- Journal of Molecular Modeling Vol. 22, Issue 6
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00894-016-2987-z
- Publisher
- Springer
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- Polychlorinated dibenzothiophene (PCDT) and polychlorinated thianthrene (PCTA) are sulfur analogues of dioxins, such as polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/F). In this work, we present a detailed mechanistic and kinetic analysis of PCDT and PCTA formation from the combustion of 2,4,5-trichlorothiophenol. It is shown that the formation of these persistent organic pollutants is more favourable, both kinetically and thermodynamically, than their analogous dioxin counterparts. This is rationalised in terms of the different influences of the S-H and O-H moieties in the 2,4,5-trichlorothiophenol and 2,4,5-trichlorophenol precursors. Kinetic parameters also indicate that the yield of PCDT should exceed that of PCDD. Finally, we demonstrate here that the degree and pattern of chlorination on the 2,4,5-trichlorothiophenol precursor leads to subtle thermodynamic and kinetic changes to the PCDT/PCTA formation mechanisms. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
- Subject
- dioxin; chlorinated; dibenzot hiophene; thianthrene; persistent organic pollutant; combustion
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1329237
- Identifier
- uon:26103
- Identifier
- ISSN:1610-2940
- Rights
- This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in the Journal of Molecular Modeling. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00894-016-2987-z
- Language
- eng
- Full Text
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