title: Highly chlorinated dimethanofluorenes in technical chlordane and in human adipose tissue.
abstract: Several new components of technical chlordane were discovered using electron capture, negative ionization gas chromatographic mass spectrometry. These compounds have 10-12 chlorines and are produced by the condensation of three cyclopentadiene molecules. The most abundant compound has a molecular weight of 606 and has the elemental composition C15H6Cl12. This compound and a series of related compounds were also identified as contaminants in human adipose tissue samples. These compounds are approximately 0.01-0.03% of the technical chlordane mixture, and they have average concentrations in human adipose tissue of 0.4-0.7 ng per gram of fat. They are more highly retained in human adipose tissue than chlordane-like compounds containing eight or fewer chlorine atoms.
authors.affiliation: School of Public and Environmental Affairs, 410H, Indiana University, 47405, Bloomington, IN.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Dearth
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Hites