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Kevin P Hickey1, Dominic M Di Toro1, Herbert E Allen1
1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA.
Abstract:
Determining the fate of nitroaromatic compounds (NACs) in the environment requires the use of predictive models for compounds and conditions for which experimental data are insufficient. Previous studies have developed linear free energy relationships (LFERs) that relate the thermodynamic energy of NAC reduction to its corresponding rate constant. We present a comprehensive LFER that incorporates both the reduction and oxidation half-reactions through quantum chemically calculated energies. Environ Toxicol Chem 2020;39:2389-2395. © 2020 SETAC.
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