Serna-Sanchez Elizabeth, Pellizzeri Steven
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Eastern Illinois University 600 Lincoln Avenue Charleston IL 61920 USA
RSC Adv. 2023 Aug 30;13(37):25699-25703. doi: 10.1039/d3ra05187k. eCollection 2023 Aug 29.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large, complex, environmentally persistent, and ever-expanding group of manufactured chemicals. Disposal of these compounds could produce potentially dangerous products necessitating the need to quickly predict their decomposition products. This study focuses on the thermal decomposition of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) using nanoreactor simulations to find the decomposition products and their respective energies. Applying the nanoreactor method, which is novel for this system, allows for rapid prediction of thermal decomposition pathways with minimal researcher bias and it predicted PFOA to decompose at ∼650 °C, consistent with previously reported experimental studies.
全氟和多氟烷基物质(PFAS)是一类庞大、复杂、在环境中持久存在且不断扩大的人造化学品。这些化合物的处置可能会产生潜在危险的产物,因此需要快速预测其分解产物。本研究聚焦于全氟辛酸(PFOA)的热分解,利用纳米反应器模拟来寻找分解产物及其各自的能量。应用纳米反应器方法(该系统的新方法)能够以最小的研究者偏差快速预测热分解途径,并且预测全氟辛酸在约650℃分解,这与先前报道的实验研究一致。