New insight to superoxide radical-mediated degradation of pentachlorophenate: Kinetic determination and theoretical calculations.
Lu BaiLei HeYifu FuChu ChuZongsu WeiRichard SpinneyDionysios D DionysiouYanjie LiangRuiyang XiaoPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2022)
This study reported the reactivity and mechanisms of superoxide radical (O 2 ˙ - )-mediated transformation of pentachlorophenate. Our results indicated that O 2 ˙ - alone exhibits limited effects on its degradation, and bimolecular nucleophilic substitution is the dominant reaction pathway.