Surfactant-enhanced remediation technology has shown promising potential for removing residual organics from contaminated soils and groundwater. Using a homologous series of cationic surfactants, alkylpyridinium bromide, it was found that the molar solubilization ratio (MSR) for naphthalene decreases with decreasing carbon number in the hydrophobic tail. In contrast, with nonylphenyl ethoxylate...

Silyl-substituted naphthalene derivatives at the 1- and 1,4-positions were synthesized and their UV absorption, fluorescence spectroscopic properties, and fluorescence lifetimes were determined. Analysis of the results shows that the introduction of silyl groups at these positions of the naphthalene chromophore/fluorophore causes shifts of the absorption maxima to longer wavelengths and increas...

In the title compound, C28H24O6·CHCl3, the two 4-meth-oxy-benzoyl groups at the 1- and 8-positions of the naphthalene ring system are aligned almost anti-parallel, the benzene rings making a dihedral angle of 25.76 (7)°. The naphthalene ring system makes dihedral angles of 72.51 (7) and 73.33 (7)° with the benzene rings. In the crystal, the naphthalene mol-ecules are linked by C-H⋯O inter-actio...

We have previously reported on anaerobic pure cultures that degrade naphthalene in the strict absence of oxygen. One of these pure cultures NAP-3 was phylogenetically most closely related to Pseudomonas stutzeri based on 16S rDNA sequences. Further studies in our laboratory have shown that the degradation of naphthalene was slow or nearly absent when volatile fatty acids (VFAs) were not present...

Fifteen strains of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-catabolizing bacteria, identified as Pseudoalteromonas spp. were isolated from Eagle Harbor, Puget Sound, USA, using a most probable number procedure in which naphthalene or phenanthrene was the sole carbon and energy source. Despite having identical 16S rDNA sequences, some catabolized many PAHs, whereas others oxidized only naphthalenes...

Atopic dermatitis is a chronic relapsing inflammatory skin disease the incidence of which has been constantly growing in all age groups. Research into the use of naphthalene in the treatment of patients with psoriasis proved its anti-inflammatory and antiproliferative effects as well as a satisfactory remission for months in more than 70% of treated patients with psoriasis. The present study wa...

The title compound, C(30)H(22)N(2)O(4), is a derivative of the naphthalene-imide pigments that are characterized by significant overlap of the stacked mol-ecules. The mol-ecule has a centre of symmetry. Accordingly, the phenylethyl groups are arranged in a trans fashion across the skeleton. The phenyl rings are not parallel to the naphthalene-imide skeleton and are twisted in the same direction...

In the mol-ecule of the title compound, C(18)H(14)O(3), there is an intra-molecular O-H⋯O=C hydrogen bond between the carbonyl and hy-droxy groups on the naphthalene ring system. The angles between the C=O bond vector and the least-squares planes of the naphthalene ring system and the phenyl ring are 30.58 (6) and 42.82 (7)°, respectively, while the dihedral angle between the naphthalene ring s...

The generation times of a strain of Pseudomonas grown on a mineral salts medium in the presence of various amounts of naphthalene did not vary with the amount of solid present, and these generation times were the same as the generation time on mineral salts medium containing only dissolved naphthalene. The generation time of a soil isolate grown on mineral salts medium in the presence of 0.5 g ...

The main molecule of the title compound, C(37)H(36)·CDCl(3), is a hydro-carbon with two naphthalene segments attached to opposite ends of a rigid norbornylogous spacer with an overall structure that is approximately C-shaped. The dihedral angle between the naphthalene ring planes is 9.27 (7)°. The cleft that exists between the naphthalene rings is large enough that the compound crystallizes wit...