Photochemical Studies on Bicyclo[2.1.1]hexyl Derivatives:Chemical Behavior and Asymmetric Induction

The photochemical behavior of bicyclo[2.1.1]hexyl derivatives was investigated by irradiation with a 450 W medium-pressure mercury lamp in acetonitrile solution.The irradiation of methyl bicyclo[2.1.1]hexane-5-carbonylbenzoate(1a)led to both Norrish type II cyclization and cleavage products with a molar ratio of 1∶2.2,whereas the irradiation of methyl 5-methylbicyclo[2.1.1]hexane-5-carbonylbenzoate(1b)afforded the only Norrish/Yang photocyclization compound as the sole product.Such results were illustrated by several geometric parameters for Norrish/Yang photoreaction asφ_(1),φ_(4) andβobtained from the crystal structures.Furthermore,asymmetric pho-tochemical studies using ionic chiral auxiliary technique were also conducted in the solid state.

Advances in environmental behaviors and effects of dissolved organic matter in aquatic ecosystems

Dissolved organic matter(DOM) is a group of compounds that have complex chemical structures and multiple interactions with their surrounding materials. More than one trillion tons of DOM are stocked in the world's aquatic ecosystems. DOM is a very important part of aquatic ecosystem productivity and plays a crucial role in global carbon cycling. DOM has rich environmental behaviors and effects such as influencing the bioavailability of contaminants, serving as an important inducer of reactive oxygen species(ROS), and protecting aquatic organisms from the harm of dangerous ultraviolet radiation. There have been many systematic studies on the composition, structure, and sources of DOM because such studies are much easier to conduct than studies on the environmental behaviors and effects of DOM. Due to many factors, the research systems of DOM's environmental behaviors and effects are still being developed and have become a hotspot of environmental science. This review paper focuses on some critical progress, problems, and trends of DOM's environmental behaviors and effects in aquatic ecosystems, including mutual exchange mechanisms between DOM and particulate organic matter(POM) with influencing factors, photochemical behaviors of DOM especially inducing ROS, binding interactions between DOM and anthropogenic organic contaminants(AOC), interactions between DOM and microorganisms, effects of DOM on pollutants' bioavailability, ecotoxicity, and ecological risks. Hopefully, this paper will contribute to a more systematic understanding of the DOM environmental behaviors and effects and to promoting further relevant studies.

Temporal variability of iron concentrations and fractions in wetland waters in Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China

Chemical forms, reactivities and transformation of iron fractions in marshy waters were investigated with cross-flow filtration technique to study the iron environmental behavior. Iron fractions were divided into four parts： acid-labile iron （pre-acidification of unfiltered marshy water samples, 〉 0.7 μm）, high-molecular-weight iron （0.7-0.05 μm）, medium-molecular-weight iron （0.05-0.01 μm）, and low-molecular-weight iron （〈 0.01μm）. The cross-flow filtration suggested that iron primarily exist in both the 〉 0.7 μm and 〈 0.01 μm size fractions in marshy waters. Rainfall is the key for rain-fed wetland to determine fate of iron by changing the aquatic biochemical conditions. By monitoring the variation of iron concentrations and fractions over three years, it was found that dissolved iron and acid-labile iron concentrations exhibit a large variation extent under different annual rainfalls from 2006 to 2008. The seasonal variation for iron species proved that the surface temperature could control some conversion reactions of iron in marshy waters. Low- molecular-weight iron would convert to acid-labile iron gradually with temperature decreasing. The photochemical reactions of iron fractions, especially low-molecular-weight iron had occurred under solar irradiation. The relative proportion of low-molecular-weight in total dissolved iron ranging from 28.3% to 43.2% were found during the day time, which proved that the observed decreasing concentration of acid lability iron was caused by its degradation to low molecular weight iron.