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Model Experiments on the Phytotoxicity of Halogenated Hydrocarbons
Author(s) -
Grimmer Gernot,
Schmidt Werner
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198608081
Subject(s) - photodegradation , cyclohexane , alkyl , chemistry , sunlight , photochemistry , hydrocarbon , aryl , phytotoxicity , oxygen , organic chemistry , catalysis , photocatalysis , botany , biology , physics , astronomy
The hypothesis, that chlorinated hydrocarbons damage conifers under the influence of light is supported by the following finding: The photodegradation of β‐carotene in cyclohexane is very slow with simulated sunlight in the absence of oxygen; it is accelerated significantly by alkyl and aryl chlorides, and drastically so by bromides and iodides.