Dibenzofuran

C12H8O
Manmade source: constituent of coal tar creosote: 0.1wt%.
A. PROPERTIES: mw 168.19: mp 83-84ºC; log Poct 4.12.
B. AIR POLLUTION FACTORS:

Calculated tropospheric lifetimes for gas-phase reaction:

Daytime reaction with OHº: 3.7 days

Nighttime reaction with NO3º: >7 years

Reaction with O3º: >205 days

C. WATER AND SOIL POLLUTION FACTORS:

Manmade sources: Goteborg (Sweden) sew. Works 1989-1991: infl: n.d.-0.8 ug/l

Waste treatment: aerobic slurry bioremediation reactor with mixed aeration

chamber. Treating a petrochemical waste sludge at 3.5 to 7.5% solids containing
approx. 25% oil and grease and 0.5 to 2.5 grams of waste material per gram of
microorganisms, at 22-24ºC during batch treatment: waste residue: infl: 5.8 mg/Kg
effl. After 90 days: <2.5 mg/Kg.

Degradation in soil:

Biodegradation half-lives in nonadapted aerobic subsoil: sand texas: >48 days.

Initial oxidation products of soil microorganisms:

Cunningamella elegans:

Trans-1,2-dihydrodiol

2-hydroxydibenzofuran

3-hydroxydibenzofuran

2,3-dihydroxydibenzofuran

D. BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS:

FISHES: fathead minnow log BCF 3.13

Pimephales promelas 4d LC50 1.8 mg/l

Endrin

C12H3Cl6O

IDENTIFICATION: a stereoisomer of dieldrin, which is the ando-exo-isomer.

USES: insecticide. Monor constituent in dieldrin.

A. PROPERTIES: colorless crystals; mw 380.90; mp approx. 200ºC: vp 2x10−7mm

at 25ºC; log Poct 5.6(calculated).
B. AIR POLLUTION FACTORS:

Ambient air quality: atmospheric levels in agricultural area: n.d. -6.5 ng𝑚3 .

Incinerability: thermal stability ranking of hazardous organic compounds: rank 278

on a scale of 1 (highest stability) to 320 (lowest stability).

C. WATER POLLUTION FACTORS:

Aquatic reactions:

Persistence in river water in a sealed glass jar.under sunlight and artificial

fluorescent light:

Photooxidation by UV light in aqueous medium at 90-95ºC: time for the formation

of CO2 (% of theoretical):

25% 15 hr

50% 41 hr

75% 172 hr

Persistence in vitro. In capped bottles at 21ºC in darkness: se remaining after 8

weeks at initial cone, of 2 ppm:

In sterilized natural water 90%

In sterilized distilled water 95%
In natural water 90%
In distilled water 90%
Water treatment:

Initial concentration, ug/l treatment method removal

1-25 activated carbon 100

Not reported chlorin +floce +rapid filtr 43

1-25 chlorination 0

1 floce. (Al) + slow filtration 35

Odor thresholds: 0.041 mg/Kg (detection).

D. BIOLOGICAL EFECTS:

Residues:

Mean concentration in gamebird muscle in upper Tennessee (U.S.A.).

Mg kg fresh weight = standard error

Grouse Quail Woodeock
Johson county 0.35 ± 0.16 1.20 ± 0.15 0.84 ± 0.20
Carter county 1.08 ± 0.14 0.94 ± 0.18 1.28 ± 0.26
Washington county 1.85 ± 0.23 1.13 ± 0.12 1.44 ± 0.17