Abstract
Zinc dust serves as a reducing agent in the presence of ammonium formate and NaOH, and is highlyeffective for the hydrodebromination of decabromodiphenyl ether to give diphenyl ether and the less brominated diphenyl ethers.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-6 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Debromination
- Decabromodiphenyl ether
- Degradation
- Detoxification
- Zinc
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemistry
- Environmental Chemistry