Subject carbon tetrachloride

As chlorination proceeds from methyl chloride to carbon tetrachloride, the length of the C—Cl bond is decreased from 0.1786 nm in the former to 0.1755 nm in the latter (3). At ca 400°C, thermal decomposition of carbon tetrachloride occurs very slowly, whereas at 900—1300°C dissociation is extensive, forming perchloroethylene and hexachloroethane and Hberating some chlorine. Subjecting the vapor to an electric arc also forms perchloroethylene and hexachloroethane, as well as hexachlorobenzene, elementary carbon, and chlorine. 

Carbon tetrachloride is the oldest and was the most extensively used chlorinated solvent in degreasing and dry-cleaning operations for many years. Consequently, its narcotic and toxic properties have been the subject of much investigation. Carefiil investigations have repeatedly shown carbon tetrachloride to be one of the most harm fill of the common solvents (37). 

A systematic investigation of compounds of these types by Mason has recently placed this subject on a firm basis. The infrared spectra of chloroform and carbon tetrachloride solutions of... 

Halocarbons including carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, bromotrichloroincthane6 (Scheme 6.7) and carbon tetrabromide have been widely used for the production of tclomcrs and transfer to these compounds has been the subject of a large number of investigations." Representative data are shown in Table 6.4. Telomerization involving halocarbons has also been developed as a means of studying the kinetics and mechanism of radical additions.66... 

The rapid autocatalytic dissolution of aluminium, magnesium or zinc in 9 1 methanol-carbon tetrachloride mixtures is sufficiently vigorous to be rated as potentially hazardous. Dissolution of zinc powder is subject to an induction period of 2 h, which is eliminated by traces of copper(II) chloride, mercury(II) chloride or chromium(III) bromide. 

Mixtures of the tetraoxide with dichloromethane, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, 1,2-dichloroethane, trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene are explosive when subjected to shock of 25 g TNT equivalent or less [1], Mixtures with trichloroethylene react violently on heating to 150°C [2], Partially fluorinated chloroalkanes were more stable to shock. Theoretical aspects are discussed in the later reference [2,3], The effect of pressure on flammability limits has been studied [4],... 

More interesting is the use of nonpolar solvents (e. g. xylene, toluene, carbon tetrachloride, hydrocarbons), because these are transparent to MW and absorb them only weakly. They therefore enable specific absorption by the reactants. If these reactants are polar, energy transfer occurs from the reactants to the solvent and the results might be different under the action of MW and A. This effect seems to be clearly dependent on the reaction and is, therefore, the subject of controversy. In xylene under reflux, for example, no MW-specific effects were observed for the Diels-Alder reaction [5] whereas important specific effects were described for aryldiazepinone synthesis [33]. 

Carbon tetrachloride (CCI4), once a very widely used solvent, has perhaps been the subject of more experimental study than any other organic chemical. Since the early 1920s experimentalists have been investigating its various effects on the liver and have come to understand in great detail how this molecule performs its deeds. 

A project at the University of Arizona (FEDRIP 1996) will study microbial dehalogenation of several compounds, including chloroform. A major part of the study will focus on the facultative anaerobic bacteria Shewanella putrefaciens sp., which is known to catalyze the transformation of carbon tetrachloride to chloroform and other as yet unidentified products. The organic substrates will also contain metals. It is hoped that the end-products from the biochemical treatment can be subjected to a photolytic finishing process that will completely mineralize any remaining halogenated compounds. 

Cobalt(II) R-dtp complexes have been the subject of several studies js3,34i) Co(ethyl-dtp)2 occurs in a tetrahedral non-solvated form in carbon tetrachloride but undergoes solvation in other non-aqueous solvents 3 9. The spectrochemical series for tetrahedral Co(S2PX2)2 (where X = F,... 

The relative importance of hepatic microsomal lipid peroxidation versus covalent binding of carbon tetrachloride-derived radicals has been the subject of considerable debate. Since cytochrome P-450 loss has been shown to be related to lipid peroxidation and to covalent binding, each in the absence of the other, both of these early consequences of carbon tetrachloride metabolism may contribute to P-450 destruction. Nevertheless, it is still not clear how these initial events are related to subsequent triglyceride accumulation, polyribosomal disaggregation, depression of protein synthesis, cell membrane breakdown and eventual death of the hepatocytes. Carbon tetrachloride... 

Ethanol. Alcohol (ethanol) ingestion has repeatedly been associated with potentiation of carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatic and renal injury in humans. In two cases in which men cleaned furniture and draperies with carbon tetrachloride, one man, a heavy drinker, became ill and died (Smetana 1939). His coworker, a nondrinker, suffered a headache and nausea but recovered quickly after breathing fresh air. Both men were subjected to the same carbon tetrachloride exposure, as they had been working in the same room for the same amount of time. In 19 cases of acute renal failure due to carbon tetrachloride inhalation or ingestion, 17 of 19 patients had been drinking alcoholic beverages at about the time of their carbon tetrachloride exposure (New et al. 

Comparative Toxicokinetics. Metabolic pathways and mechanisms of hepatotoxicity of carbon tetrachloride have been the subject of many studies in intact animals and in vitro, and are therefore better understood than for many other chemicals. However, there are apparently no data on metabolism of carbon tetrachloride in humans. It would be valuable to conduct in vitro experiments with human liver samples and hepatocytes to determine whether metabolic pathways and toxic metabolites are similar to those found in animals. It would also be beneficial to identify an animal model in which MFO systems develop in uteroas they do in the human fetus. 

The reaction of nitrosyl chloride with cyclopentene, cyclohexene, and cyclo-heptene in carbon tetrachloride solution at 5°C afforded the corresponding adducts in good yield, although during the cyclohexene reaction considerable hydrolysis to 2-chlorocyclohexanone took place and, in the case of cyclohep-tene, the crude product was not identified but rather was immediately subjected to levulinic acid hydrolysis to 2-chlorocycloheptene. From the products isolated, it may be inferred that cyclopentadiene adds nitrosyl chloride in a 1,4-manner in moderate yields [55]. 

X-ray diffraction methods have also been used in the study of the structures of liquids. The continual movements which occur in liquids do not affect the determination of the principal interatomic distances. For earlier work on the subject see Randall s book (1934). Among later papers, those of Harvey (1939) on ethanol and Bray and Gingrich (1943) on carbon tetrachloride are typical. 

After standing for one hour, the solution is poured into a large dish and the carbon tetrachloride and unused bromine allowed to evaporate spontaneously (Note 3). The dibromo ester separates in large crystals which form a solid cake in the bottom of the dish (Note 4). This cake is broken up and spread in a thin layer on a large Buchner funnel and subjected to suction until all traces of bromine have disappeared. The white crystals are then dried by pressing between large filter papers. The yield of crude dibromo ester is 280-285 g. (83-87 per cent of the theoretical amount). It melts 65-71 °. 

The hydrogen-bonding abilities of the ring nitrogen atom have also been the subject of investigation using IR spectroscopy, with proton donors such as phenol, pyrrole, and acetylenes in dilute carbon tetrachloride solution. Good correlations are observed 128-131 thus Eq. 

Stevenson (141) has tried recently to estimate the number of monomers in liquid water by three different approaches. He concludes that the concentration of monomers (non-hydrogen bonded water molecules) is less than 1% between 0° and 100°C. This estimate contrasts with recent theoretical values (107, 112). However, more recent studies (67, 68, 86) give lower monomer concentrations than the earlier estimates but still considerably higher values than Stevensons. The only current theory of water which would imply small concentrations of monomers is Pople s. Stevenson s study may well be subject to some criticism—i.e., the assumption that water in carbon tetrachloride should represent freely rotating monomeric water molecules. Stevenson s thermodynamic considerations may also be questioned. 

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