5:3 Polyfluorinated acid aerobic biotransformation in activated sludge via novel “one-carbon removal pathways

Wang, Ning; Buck, Robert C.; Szostek, Bogdan; Sulecki, Lisa M.; Wolstenholme, Barry W.

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.12.056

5:3 Polyfluorinated acid aerobic biotransformation in activated sludge via novel “one-carbon removal pathways

The polyfluorinated carboxylic acids 5:3 acid (C(5)F(11)CH(2)CH(2)CO(2)H) and 7:3 acid (C(7)F(15)CH(2)CH(2)CO(2)H) are major products from 6:2 FTOH (C(6)F(13)CH(2)CH(2)OH) and 8:2 FTOH (C(8)F(17)CH(2)CH(2)OH) aerobic biotransformation, respectively. The 5:3 and 7:3 acids were dosed into domestic …