Zinc dust-mediated reductive degradation of decabromodiphenyl ether

Guo Bin Liu, Hong Yun Zhao, Bin Yang, Thies Thiemann

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-6
Number of pages6
JournalGreen Chemistry Letters and Reviews
Volume3
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Debromination
  • Decabromodiphenyl ether
  • Degradation
  • Detoxification
  • Zinc

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • Environmental Chemistry

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