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Chemosphere

Title:		Degradation of 4-fluorobiphenyl in soil investigated by 19F NMR spectroscopy and 14C radiolabelling analysis
Author(s):		Green NA; Meharg AA; Till C; Troke J; Nicholson JK;
Address:		"Chemistry Dept., Birkbeck College, University of London, UK"
Journal Title:		Chemosphere
Year:		1999
Volume:		38
Issue:		5
Page Number:		1085 - 1101
DOI:		10.1016/s0045-6535(98)00351-8
ISSN/ISBN:		0045-6535 (Print) 0045-6535 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The incubation of the model pollutant [U-14C]'-4-fluorobiphenyl (4FBP) in soil, in the presence and absence of biphenyl (a co-substrate), was carried out in order to study the qualitative disposition and fate of the compound using 14C-HPLC and 19F NMR spectroscopy. Components accounted for using the radiolabel were volatilization, CO2 evolution, organic solvent extractable and bound residue. Quantitative analysis of these data gave a complete mass balance. After sample preparation. 14C-HPLC was used to establish the number of 4FBP related components present in the organic solvent extract. 19F NMR was also used to quantify the organic extracts and to identify the components of the extract. Both approaches showed that the composition of the solvent extractable fractions comprised only parent compound with no metabolites present. As the 14C radiolabel was found to be incorporated into the soil organic matter this indicates that metabolites were being generated, but were highly transitory as incorporation into the SOM was rapid. The inclusion of the co-substrate biphenyl was to increase the overall rate of degradation of 4FBP in soil. The kinetics of disappearance of parent from the soil using the data obtained were investigated from both techniques. This is the first report describing the degradation of a fluorinated biphenyl in soil"
Keywords:		"Biodegradation, Environmental Biotransformation Biphenyl Compounds/*metabolism Carbon Radioisotopes Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid/methods Fluorine Kinetics Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy/*methods Soil Pollutants/*metabolism Solvents;"
Notes:		"MedlineGreen, N A Meharg, A A Till, C Troke, J Nicholson, J K eng England 1999/02/24 Chemosphere. 1999 Feb; 38(5):1085-101. doi: 10.1016/s0045-6535(98)00351-8"