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Title of Journal: Water Air Soil Pollut
Abbravation: Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
DOI
10.1007/bf02617254
ISSN
1573-2932
The ubiquitous presence of chlorophenols CPs continues to be a cause of concern owing to their recalcitrant nature In this context the present work investigated the degradation of model compounds 4chlorophenol 24dichlorophenol 246trichlorophenol and pentachlorophenol by an organic oxidant methyl ethyl ketone peroxide MEKP coupled with ultraviolet irradiation in basic media Chemical analysis was followed by highperformance liquid chromatography and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry Despite exhibiting varied patterns of decline chemical oxygen demand was eventually noted to decrease to the extent of up to 70 Simultaneous increase/decrease in the release of chloride ions and decrease in pH indicated that parallel reactions were occurring which led to the formation of acidic reaction products Firstorder dynamics was approximated for all CP congener degradation The degraded compounds showed absolutely no presence of chlorine atoms which was a noteworthy feature testifying to the fact that MEKP action was capable of detoxification of CP congeners