Some persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are chiral in nature (e.g. α-HCH, and some PCBs) and are well recognised in different environmental samples. The effects of this property on their environmental behaviour are not well understood. This research specifically deals with chirality, a characteristic exhibited by asymmetric molecules which can exist as non-superimposable mirror images of one another. Chirality influences chemical behaviour in a number of ways including differences in environmental toxicity and persistence between enantiomers.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:501727 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Abid, Syed Hasan |
| Publisher | University of Liverpool |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
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