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Thapa BS, Pandit S, Mishra RK, Joshi S, Idris AM, Tusher TR. Emergence of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and advances in the remediation strategies. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 916:170142. [PMID: 38242458 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 01/21/2024]
Abstract
A group of fluorinated organic molecules known as per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been commonly produced and circulated in the environment. PFAS, owing to multiple strong CF bonds, exhibit exceptional stability and possess a high level of resistance against biological or chemical degradation. Recently, PFAS have been identified to cause numerous hazardous effects on the biotic ecosystem. As a result, extensive efforts have been made in recent years to develop effective methods to remove PFAS. Adsorption, filtration, heat treatment, chemical oxidation/reduction, and soil washing are a few of the physicochemical techniques that have shown their ability to remove PFAS from contaminated matrixes. However these methods also carry significant drawbacks, including the fact that they are expensive, energy-intensive, unsuitable for in-situ treatment, and requirement to be carried under dormant conditions. The metabolic products released upon PFAS degradation are largely unknown, despite the fact that thermal disintegration methods are widely used. In contrast to physical and chemical methods, biological degradation of PFAS has been regarded as efficient method. However, PFAS are difficult to instantly and completely metabolize through biological methods due to the limitations of biocatalytic mechanisms. Nevertheless, cost, easy-to-operate and environmentally safe are some of the advantages over its counterpart. The present review comprehensively discusses the occurrence of PFAS, the state-of-the science of remediation technologies and approaches applied, and the remediation challenges. The article also focuses on the future research directions toward the development of effective methods for PFAS-contaminated site in-situ treatment.
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- Bhim Sen Thapa
- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USA
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- Department of Life Sciences, School of Basic Sciences and Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida 201310, UP, India
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- Department of Life Sciences, School of Basic Sciences and Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida 201310, UP, India
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- Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University Rajasthan, Kant Kalwar, NH 11C, Jaipur, Rajasthan 303002, India
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 62529, Saudi Arabia; Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, Abha 62529, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USA; Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail 1902, Bangladesh.
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Härterich M, Ritschel B, Arrowsmith M, Böhnke J, Krummenacher I, Phukan AK, Braunschweig H. Hybrid Inorganic-Organic Cross-Metathesis between Diborenes and Acetylene. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:18339-18345. [PMID: 34677063 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c10131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
The ruthenium-catalyzed cross-metathesis of alkenes and alkynes, which splits the alkene C═C double bond and couples one-half to each carbon of the alkyne C≡C triple bond, is one of the most efficient tools for the synthesis of 1,3-dienes, with wide-ranging applications, including pharmaceutical and polymer chemistry. In contrast, inorganic main-group metathesis reactions are restricted to a handful of examples of heavier p-block multiple bonds (P═P, Ge═Ge, and E≡E, E = Ge, Sn, Pb). We now report the first examples of thermally induced, transition-metal-free cross-metathesis between an organic alkyne and inorganic cyclic alkyl(amino)carbene (CAAC)-stabilized B═B double bonds, which yield fully planar, π-delocalized 1,8-diaza-3,6-diboraoctatetraenes. Density functional theory studies show that these compounds have an open-shell singlet biradical ground state with a thermally accessible closed-shell state. In-depth computational mechanistic analyses show that they are formed via a biradical cycloaddition-cycloreversion mechanism. Finally, unlike their organic counterparts, these B,N-analogues of octatetraene can undergo two-electron chemical reduction to form diamagnetic dianions.
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- Marcel Härterich
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.,Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.,Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.,Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.,Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.,Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Tezpur 784028, Assam, India
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.,Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Ghosh B, Bharadwaz P, Sarkar N, Phukan AK. Activation of small molecules by cyclic alkyl amino silylenes (CAASis) and germylenes (CAAGes): a theoretical study. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:13760-13772. [PMID: 32996965 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt03043k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Abstract
Quantum chemical calculations have been carried out on a series of skeletally modified cyclic alkyl amino silylenes (CAASis) and germylenes (CAAGes) to understand their ligand properties and reactivity towards the activation of a variety of small molecules. The installation of boron or silicon atoms into the ring framework of these silylenes/germylenes led to a dramatic increase in their σ-basicity while the incorporation of ylidic moieties resulted in a sharp reduction of their π-acidity although it did help in increasing the electron donation ability. The calculated values of energy barriers for the activation of H-H, N-H, C-H and Si-H bonds by many of the cyclic silylenes considered here are found to be comparable to those for experimentally evaluated systems, indicating the potential of these computationally designed molecules in small molecule activation and calling for synthetic efforts towards their isolation. Furthermore, activations employing CAAGes are found to be more demanding than those with CAASis which may be attributed to the significantly lower Lewis basicity of the former than the latter.
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- Bijoy Ghosh
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Napaam 784028, Assam, India.
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Ghosh B, Phukan AK. Probing the potential of metalla-N-heterocyclic carbenes towards activation of enthalpically strong bonds. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:9505-9515. [PMID: 32608419 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt01363c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Density functional theory calculations are employed to explore the reactivity of metalla-N-heterocyclic carbenes (MNHCs) towards activation of a variety of small molecules (H2, NH3, PH3, SiH3Ph and CH4). All the MNHCs considered are found to have a stable singlet ground state and possess suitable electronic properties for their application in small molecule activation. The calculated energy barriers of E-H (E = H, C, N, Si, P) activation for the MNHCs are found to be in agreement with those of the experimentally evaluated cyclic alkyl(amino)carbene (CAAC) and diamidocarbenes (DACs), thereby indicating the activating effect of the incorporation of an ancillary metal center within a cyclic NHC, and highlighting a new, underexplored strategy in achieving difficult bond activations with carbenes.
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- Bijoy Ghosh
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Napaam 784028, Assam, India.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Napaam 784028, Assam, India.
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Dutta S, De S, Bose S, Mahal E, Koley D. Cooperative Donor-Acceptor Interactions in Stabilizing Carbene-Borane and Carbene-Alane Compounds: A Theoretical Insight. Eur J Inorg Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201901163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Sayan Dutta
- Department of Chemical Sciences; Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata; 741 246 Mohanpur India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences; Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata; 741 246 Mohanpur India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences; Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata; 741 246 Mohanpur India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences; Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata; 741 246 Mohanpur India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences; Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata; 741 246 Mohanpur India
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Sun Z, Cundari TR. Cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes in organic and organometallic methane C–H activation: a DFT and MCSCF study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:24320-24329. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp04080k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Density functional theory (DFT) and multi-configurational self-consistent field (MCSCF) calculations are used to investigate the electronic and steric properties of cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes (CAACs).
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- Zhicheng Sun
- Univ. of North Texas
- Dept. of Chemistry
- Center for Advanced Computing and Modeling (CASCaM)
- Denton
- USA
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- Univ. of North Texas
- Dept. of Chemistry
- Center for Advanced Computing and Modeling (CASCaM)
- Denton
- USA
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