Aromatic compounds sonolysis

Weavers LK, Ling FH, Hoffmann MR (1998) Aromatic compound degradation in water using a combination of sonolysis and ozonolysis. Environ Sci Tech 32 2727-2733... 

The majority of systems studied have been aqueous solutions of either aromatic compounds or halogenated hydrocarbons. Such materials represent models for the major classes of organic pollutants in waste and ground water. The primary products resulting from the sonochemical treatment of phenol at 541 kHz (27 °C with bubbled air) are hydroquinone and catechol [22]. These compounds are easy to monitor and are clearly seen to be intermediates which disappear as the reaction progresses (Fig. 4.1). Similarly the sonolysis of aqueous 4-chlorophenol leads to products mainly characteristic of oxidation by OH radical e. g. 4-chlorocatechol but in both cases the final organic products are CO, CO2 and HCOOH (Scheme 4.2) [22-25]. 

De Visscher et al. (1996) investigated the sonolysis of benzene and other monocyclic aromatic compounds in aqueous solution by 520 kHz ultrasonic waves. The experiments were performed in a 200-mL glass reactor equipped with a cooling Jacket maintained at 25 °C. At initial benzene concentrations of 3.38 and 0.45 mM, the first-order reaction rates were 0.00171 and 0.02308/min, respectively. 

PeUer J., Wiest 0., Kamat P.V. Syna-gy of combing sonolysis and photocatalysis in the degradation and mineralization of chlorinated aromatic compounds. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2003 37 1926-... 

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