Ligninolytic white rot fungus, Phanerochaete chrysosporium, isolated from soil sample of petroleum refinery, was used for degradation of five polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs: acenaphthene, anthracene, phenanthrene, fluoranthene and pyrene), simultaneously and individually in sterile and unsterile soil. For maximum biodegradation, after 42 days of incubation, optimum conditions were pH 7....

In the title salt, C24H22N4O4 (2+)·2NO3 (-), the cation is U-shaped with the two iso-indole dione rings inclined to one another by 60.41 (13)°, while the two outer pyridine rings are inclined to one another by 2.77 (12)°. The dihedral angles between the pyridine ring and the adjacent iso-indole dione ring are 71.82 (12) and 86.44 (13)°. In the crystal, each nitrate anion is linked to a protonat...

In the structure of the title compound, [Ag(C(2)H(3)O(2))(C(12)H(6)N(2)O(2))]·3H(2)O, the Ag(I) atom is coordinated by both 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione N atoms and one O atom from the acetate anion. The three water mol-ecules are involved in extensive hydrogen bonding to each other and to the acetate O and 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione O atoms. In addition, there are weak C-H⋯O inter-actions.

A soluble enzyme that catalyzes the dehydrogenation of l-indanol to indanone has been partially purified from bovine liver. The enzyme has a narrow substrate specificity, and only very closely related carbinols such as ltetralol, fluorenol, acenaphthenol, and acenaphthene-1,8diol are oxidized. trans-Acenaphthene-l , 8-diol is converted to a mixture of acenaphthenequinone and 1,8-naphthalic acid...

In the title compound, C(72)H(80)N(2)·C(7)H(8), the acenaphthene ring system is essentially planar, with a maximum deviation of 0.041 (3) Å. The benzene rings bonded to the the N atoms are essentially parallel, forming a dihedral angle of 0.80 (11)°, and these rings form dihedral angles of 87.49 (9) and 88.25 (10)° with the mean plane of the acenaphthene ring system. The methyl C atoms of three...

In the asymmetric unit of the title organic-inorganic hybrid material, 2{H(3)[PW(12)O(40)]}·4C(3)H(4)N(2)O(2)·C(7)H(8)N(4)O(4)·21.5H(2)O, there are four crystallographically independent hydantoin mol-ecules, one dimerized hydantoin mol-ecule, viz. 1,1'-methyl-enebis(imidazolidine-2,4-dione, two independent H(3)PW(12)O(40) mol-ecules and 21.5 solvent water mol-ecules. Nine of the solvent water m...

dione); 1 1flOH-P (1 1/?-hydroxyprogesterone; 1 1 /?-hydroxypregn-4ene-3,20-dione); 1 I-0x0-P (1 1-oxoprogesterone; pregn-4-ene-3,11,20trione); 21-d-F (2 I-deoxycortisol; 11/?,17a-dihydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20dione); 2 1 -d-E (2 1-deoxycortisone; 17a-hydroxypregn-4-ene-3,11,20trione); 1 1-deoxycortisol (Reichstein’s substance S ; cortexolone; 1 7 ~ 2 l-dihydroxypregn-4-ene-3,20-dione); DHS (dihydro...

Three independent techniques were used to assess the biodegradation of monoaromatic hydrocarbons and low-molecular weight polyaromatic hydrocarbons in the alluvial aquifer at the site of a former cokery (Flémalle, Belgium). Firstly, a stable carbon isotope-based field method allowed quantifying biodegradation of monoaromatic compounds in situ and confirmed the degradation of naphthalene. No evi...