Journal
CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 273, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129674
Keywords
TCEP; Degradation mechanism; Hydroxyl radical; DFT; Advanced oxidation processes
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Funding
- National Key R&D Program of China, China [2019YFC1804801]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China, China [41703120, 21503191]
- Major R&D Project of Liaoning Province, China [2020JH2/10300083]
- Shenyang Research and Development Program, China [Z17-5-079]
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This study investigated the mechanistic details of TCEP degradation promoted by (OH)-O· using density functional theory (DFT) method. The results showed that in the initial step, energy barriers of the hydrogen abstraction pathways were no more than 7 kcal/mol.
As a typical toxic organophosphate and emerging contaminant, tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEP) is resistant to conventional water treatment processes. Studies on advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) to degrade TCEP have received increasing attention, but the detailed mechanism is not yet fully understood. This study investigated the mechanistic details of TCEP degradation promoted by (OH)-O-center dot by using the density functional theory (DFT) method. Our results demonstrated that in the initial step, energy barriers of the hydrogen abstraction pathways were no more than 7 kcal/mol. Cleavage of the P-O or C-Cl bond was possible to occur, whilst the C-O or C-C cleavage had to overcome an energy barrier above 50 kcal/mol, which was too high for mild experimental conditions. The bond dissociation energy (BDE) combined with the distortion/interaction energy (DIE) analysis disclosed origin of the various reactivities of each site of TCEP. The systematic calculations on the transformation of products generated in the initial step showed remarkable exothermic property. The novel information at molecular level provides insight on how these products are generated and offers valuable theoretical guidance to help develop more effective AOPs to degrade TCEP or other emerging environmental contaminant. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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