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Chlorines Are Not Evenly Substituted in Chlorinated Paraffins: A Predicted NMR Pattern Matching Framework for Isomeric Discrimination in Complex Contaminant Mixtures
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Environmental Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2043-8128
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Number of Authors: 102020 (English)In: Environmental Science and Technology Letters, E-ISSN 2328-8930, Vol. 7, no 7, p. 496-503Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Chlorinated paraffins (CPs) can be mixtures of nearly a half-million possible isomers. Despite the extensive use of CPs, their isomer composition and effects on the environment remain poorly understood. Here, we reveal the isomeric distributions of nine CP mixtures with single-chain lengths (C-14/15) and varying degrees of chlorination. The molar distribution of CnH2n+2-mClm in each mixture was determined using high-resolution mass spectrometry (MS). Next, the mixtures were analyzed by applying both one-dimensional H-1, C-13 and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Due to substantially overlapping signals in the experimental NMR spectra, direct assignment of individual isomers was not possible. As such, a new NMR spectral matching approach that used massive NMR databases predicted by a neural network algorithm to provide the top 100 most likely structural matches was developed. The top 100 isomers appear to be an adequate representation of the overall mixture. Their modeled physicochemical and toxicity parameters agree with previous experimental results. Chlorines are not evenly distributed in any of the CP mixtures and show a general preference at the third carbon. The approach described here can play a key role in understanding of complex isomeric mixtures such as CPs that cannot be resolved by MS alone.

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2020. Vol. 7, no 7, p. 496-503
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-191157DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.0c00244ISI: 000614397400008PubMedID: 32685603OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-191157DiVA, id: diva2:1536577
Available from: 2021-03-11 Created: 2021-03-11 Last updated: 2025-02-07Bibliographically approved

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