Pentachlorophenol radical cations generated on Fe(III)-montmorillonite initiate octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin formation in clays: density functional theory and fourier transform infrared studies.
Octachlorodibenzodioxin (OCDD) forms spontaneously from pentachlorophenol (PCP) on the surfaces of Fe(III)-saturated smectite clay. (1) Here, we used in situ Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) methods and quantum mechanical calculations to determine the mechanism by which this reaction is initiated. As the clay was dehydrated, vibrational spectra showed new peaks that grew and then reversibly disappeared as the clay rehydrated. First-principle density functional theory calculations of hydrated Fe/PCP clusters reproduced these transient FTIR peaks when inner-sphere complexation and concomitant electron transfer produced Fe(II) and PCP radical cations. Thus, our experimental (FTIR) and theoretical (quantum mechanical) results mutually support the hypothesis that OCDD formation on Fe-smectite surfaces is initiated by the reversible formation of metastable PCP radical cations via single-electron transfer from PCP to Fe(III). The negatively charged clay surface apparently selects for this reaction mechanism by stabilizing PCP radical cations.
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Cheng
C
Gu
Cun
C
Liu
Cliff T
CT
Johnston
Brian J
BJ
Teppen
Hui
H
Li
Stephen A
SA
Boyd
D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D001546:Bentonite; D002412:Cations; D000077215:Clay; D005290:Ferric Compounds; D010416:Pentachlorophenol / Q000737:chemistry*; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000737:chemistry*; D017640:Silicates; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D002412:Cations; D005290:Ferric Compounds; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D017640:Silicates; D001546:Bentonite; C033214:Smectite; D010416:Pentachlorophenol; D000077215:Clay; C018117:octachlorodibenzo-4-dioxin
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