C. Sandau, I. Meerts, R. Letcher
Aug 8, 2000
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Environmental Science & Technology
Abstract
A new compound, 4-hydroxyheptachlorostyrene (4-OH-HpCS), was identified as a major component in the chlorinated phenolic compound fraction of polar bear plasma. The structure was hypothesized to be 4-OH-HpCS based on mass spectral interpretation, the assumption that it was a metabolite of octachlorostyrene, and the similarity of the structure to hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls (OH-PCBs) identified in plasma. High-resolution, electron impact (EI) ionization mass spectrometry of the methylated compound indicated a molecular formula of C9H3OCl7 and major fragment ions of [M − 15]+, [M − 35]+, and [M − 43]+, which was a mass spectral pattern identical to a synthesized and methylated 4-OH-HpCS standard. The identity was further confirmed by matching gas chromatography (GC) retention times on three different GC columns of differing polarity. Levels of 4-OH-HpCS ranged from 2.89 to 22.9 ng/g wet weight in polar bear plasma (N = 30) and constituted between 3.8 and 24.8% of the total quantified level of chl...