SAFE DISPOSAL OF CARCINOGENIC NITROSAMINES
SAFE DISPOSAL OF CARCINOGENIC NITROSAMINES
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DOI:
10.1093/carcin/4.3.315
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
KEEFER, LK
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作者:
LUNN, G;SANSONE, EB;KEEFER, LK
A simple 1-step procedure for chemically degrading nitrosamine residues generated in the research laboratory is described. Treatment with A-N alloy powder and aqueous alkali rapidly reduced all 11 nitrosamines studied to the corresponding amines. Hydrazines were produced as transitory intermediates, but these potential carcinogens were also easily reduced under the conditions employed. No products except amines, ammonia and in some cases alcohols were detected in the final reaction mixtures. Reduction proceeded smoothly in every other solvent system tested, except that reactions in acetone or dichloromethane solution were sometimes slow, incomplete and/or led to unidentified products; therefore, the procedure cannot be recommended for use in these solvents. The method was efficient, reliable and inexpensive and was recommended as 1 of the preferred means of degrading potentially carcinogenic nitrosamines to innocuous products. Details of its application to some decontamination and disposal problems commonly encountered in the research laboratory are provided. Data illustrating this procedure''s advantages over 6 other reducing systems are presented.