The properties and the applications of main monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, styrene, three xylene isomers) industrial processes for their manufacture from fossil raw materials are summarized. Potential ways production renewable sources with thermo-catalytic described discussed in detail. perspectives future organic chemistry relation to high-octane bio-gasoline...

Abstract The present study evaluated the contamination by monoaromatic hydrocarbons (BTEX: benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene) of subsurface gas stations adjacent residences in Amazonian town Bragança, northern Brazil. We combined ground penetrating radar (GPR) geophysical tool, to detect possible plumes BTEX, with chromatography (GC) mass spectrometry (MS), which were used diagnose pre...

Our work has focused on the determination of physiological traits that may facilitate in situ degradation of xenobiotic compounds by indigenous microorganisms. For this our interests center on the following questions: What are the ambient conditions in a benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX)-contaminated aquifer? What is the behavior of indigenous bacteria under these conditions? Wh...

varying degrees of water solubility. Some additives (e.g., methyl tertiary-butyl ether and alcohols) are highly soluble. Other components (e.g., benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes) are slightly soluble. Many components (e.g., ndodecane and n-heptane) have relatively low water solubility under ideal conditions. Physical and chemical properties which affect transport and fate of selected...

Abstract The levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylene isomers (BTEX) are important parameters for an indoor air quality assessment. Exposure to BTEX in science laboratories a university can potentially cause health risks workers. Active sampling was carried out using Tenax® GR sorbent tubes analyzed with thermal desorption gas chromatography...

Four pure cultures of denitrifying bacteria, which had previously been isolated on defined alkylbenzenes, were capable of anaerobic growth with crude oil as the only source of organic substrates. Chemical analyses after growth revealed that the known growth substrates toluene, ethylbenzene, and m-xylene were selectively consumed from the oil. o-Xylene and p-xylene, which as pure compounds did n...

The charge transfer (CT) complex formation of benzonitrile as acceptor with the aromatic donors o-, m-, p-xylene and ethylbenzene in CCl4 solutions is investigated by chemical shift measurements relative to an external reference. The equilibrium parameters, Q and DAD of their weak molecular complexes, as found numerically mo...