With more stringent legislation on brominated flame retardants, it is expected that increasing amounts of substitutes would replace polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs). Therefore, the development and optimization of analytical methodologies that allow their identification and quantification are of paramount relevance. This work describes the optimization of an analytical procedure to determin...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com it can replace toluene where slower drying is desired. It is also a powerful cleaning agent, e.g., for silicon wafers, circuits and steel [1,2]. Toxicity of xylene in lung, thymus, liver and skin has been reported [3,4]. The nephrotoxicity of xylene has not been well documented. Cortical tubular epithelial cells are a vulnerable site of organic solv...

A novel 3D metal-organic framework (MOF) with 2D rhombic channels was synthesized for selective adsorption of p-xylene from xylene isomers by acting as a molecular sieve.

Xylene is a commonly used toxic volatile organic solvent. Diagnosis of acute xylene poisoning is limited by the lack of a readily available analytic assay. Methylhippuric acid, a metabolite of xylene excreted in the urine, is used for biomonitoring occupational exposures to xylene. We report two cases of acute occupational poisoning from xylene inhalation suggested by determination of high urin...

Xylene is a cyclic hydrocarbon and an environmental pollutant. It is also used in medical technology, paints, dyes, polishes and in many industries as a solvent; therefore, an understanding of the interaction between xylene and human lymphocytes is of significant interest. Biochemical assessment was used to demonstrate that exposure of lymphocytes to xylene induces cytotoxicity (at 6 hr), gener...

Up to 0.4 mM 1,3-dimethylbenzene (m-xylene) was rapidly mineralized in a laboratory aquifer column operated in the absence of molecular oxygen with nitrate as an electron acceptor. Under continuous flow conditions, the degradation rate constant (pseudo-first order) was >0.45 h. Based on a carbon mass balance with [ring-C]m-xylene and a calculation of the electron balance, m-xylene was shown to ...

The sensitivity and precision of headspace solid-phase micro extraction (HS-SPME) at an analyte solution temperature (T (as)) of +35 degrees C and a fiber temperature (T (fiber)) of +5 degrees C were compared with those for HS-SPME at T (as) and T (fiber) of -20 degrees C for analysis of the volatile organic compounds benzene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, trichloroethylene, toluene, o-xylene, ethylbe...

Pseudomonas putida 39/D oxidized p-xylene to cis-3,6-dimethyl-3,5-cyclohexadiene-1,2-diol (cis-p-xylene dihydrodiol). The latter compound was isolated in crystalline form and its physical properties were determined. The cis configuration of the hydroxyl groups in the oxidation product was inferred from its ability to form an isopropylidene derivative with 2,2-dimethoxypropane. Acid treatment of...

We report the generation and characterization of a diiron(III) intermediate formed during reaction with dioxygen of the reduced hydroxylase component of toluene/o-xylene monooxygenase from Pseudomonas sp. OX1. The decay rate of this species is accelerated upon mixing with phenol, a substrate for this system. Under steady-state conditions, hydrogen peroxide was generated in the absence of substr...