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Model compounds for biodegradation studies on hydrocarbon-type dielectric fluids
Baarschers, Willem Hendrik,Li, Maria Angela
, p. 1784 - 1787 (2007/10/02)
The hydrocarbons 7-methylpentadecane (1, n = 0) and 7-methyl-9-n-hexyl heptadecane (1, n = 1) have been synthesized.These compounds are suitable as model compounds for biodegradation studies on mixtures of oligomers of 1-octene and related compounds which have been proposed as dielectric fluids for the replacement of PCB's.The synthesis confirms the feasibility of isotope labelling for such biodegradation studies.