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Synthesis of coplanar PCT as reference substances for the residue analysis of polychlorinated terphenyls
H Wichmann1, K Schäfer1, K Ibrom2
1Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute of Environmental and Sustainable Chemistry, Hagenring 30, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
Abstract:
In the course of the development of a new and reliable analytical method for the PCT, a group of environmental contaminants, six coplanar terphenyl congeners were synthesized and characterized by means of spectroscopic methods. These congeners are 3,3″,4,4″,5-pentachloro-p-terphenyl, 3,3″,4,5,5″-pentachloro-p-terphenyl, 3,3″,4,5″-tetrachloro-m-terphenyl, 3,3″,4,4″,5-pentachloro-m-terphenyl, 3,3″,5,5',5″-pentachloro-m-terphenyl, and 3,3″,4,4″,5,5″-hexachloro-m-terphenyl. A combination of silica gel column chromatography and preparative NP-HPLC was successfully applied for the first time for the isolation of especially the asymmetrically chlorinated target compounds from product mixtures of the syntheses. For the 29 coplanar, tetra- to heptachlorinated meta- and para-indicator congeners which are envisaged to be used within the analytical method, a simplified systematic nomenclature is suggested. Furthermore, calculation results for all torsion angles of the preferred conformations of the substances are given. The practical relevance of the calculated conformation optima is exemplarily demonstrated by the chromatographic behavior of the PCT compounds.
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