title: Oxidative transformations of 1-nitropyrene under simulated environmental conditions.
abstract: The oxidation of 1-nitropyrene (1-NP), adsorbed on silica gel, with dimethyldioxirane (DMD) leads to the formation of 1-nitropyrene 4,5-oxide and 1-nitropyrene 9,10-oxide in a ratio of 74/26 (4,5-oxide/9,10-oxide). When the adsorbed 1-NP is exposed to the products of the gas-phase reaction of tetramethylethylene (TME) with ozone at -40 degrees C, the same oxides are produced in a ratio of 72/28. The fact that the ratio of the oxides is essentially the same in these two different types of experiments is highly significant. We have speculated that the gas-phase ozonolysis of TME produces an energy-rich form of the carbonyl oxide, acetone oxide. Some of this carbonyl oxide may cyclize to the isomeric DMD which, we propose, is responsible for oxide formation in the TME/ozone experiment. This proposal is supported by the observation that using ozone alone to oxidize 1-NP does not lead to oxide formation. Thus the oxidant responsible for oxide formation in the TME/ozone experiment must be produced in the ozonolysis. We suggest that this oxidant is DMD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63121, USA.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009153:Mutagens / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010126:Ozone / Q000737:chemistry; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000737:chemistry; D011721:Pyrenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D009153:Mutagens; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D011721:Pyrenes; D010126:Ozone; C032668:1-nitropyrene