polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs) which are toxic pollutants are released by various sources of urban combustion. ahvaz in iran with around a million population and the industrial and oil centers, has encountered air quality problems. samples of dibenzo (a,h) antheracen were collected from six stations in ahvaz particle and gas phase in summer 2010. dibenzo(a,h) antheracen were collected ...

the most usual type of petroleum mulch, which has been successfully used to combat desertification in large areain iran for more than thirty years, is produced by heavy residue petroleum cuts. the petroleum mulch consists of awide range of different heavy hydrocarbons such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs). pahs are present atlow level in petroleum mulch, where there is contact with wa...

A new route for constructing PAHs from cyclohexanone by trimerization, bromination, trisannulation and aromatization, and the synthesis of a novel sulfur-containing polycyclic heteroaromatic have been described.

A reliable synthetic route to fused polycyclic indolines is documented by the development of a stereoselective gold catalyzed cascade cyclization of indole propargylic alcohols.

Possible sources of terrestrial contamination are considered for the observation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Martian meteorite ALH84001. Contamination is concluded to be negligible.