RUI: Selected Experiments in the Halogenations of Model Compounds of the Humic Acids and Other Contaminants of Drinking Water with Particular Emphasis on the Chloramines

有了这一续期奖，有机和高分子化学项目继续支持加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥波特洛马·拿撒勒学院化学系维克托·希斯利教授的工作。这项研究将扩大PI对水中有机污染物在净化过程中氯化的研究。特别是，作为腐植酸杂质模型的化合物的氯化将与饮用水中发现的其他有机化合物一起进行研究。对这些氯化产物的结构的分析将为在水氯化过程中导致污染物产生的途径提供机械和理论上的见解。这些对净水过程中发生的化学反应的调查有望提供关于饮用水在氯化过程中受到污染的方式的重要信息。对这些污染物的识别可能会导致防止其形成并允许其去除的方法。这个项目的另一个重要方面是将本科生介绍到一个重要的研究领域。这些学生将在旨在培养终身研究兴趣的学习中接受使用现代化学仪器和实验技术的培训。

With this renewal award, the Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry Program continues its support of the work of Professor Victor Heasley of the Department of Chemistry at Point Loma Nazarene College in San Diego, CA. The research will extend the PI's studies of the chlorination of organic contaminants in water during purification. In particular, chlorination of compounds, which are models for humic acid impurities, will be studied along with other organic compounds found in drinking water. Analysis of the structure of the products of these chlorinations will provide mechanistic and theoretical insights into the pathways that lead to the production of contaminants during water chlorination. These investigations of the chemical reactions that take place during water purification are expected provide important information concerning the ways drinking water becomes contaminated during chlorination. The identification of these contaminants may lead to ways to prevent their formation and allow their removal. Another important aspect of this project will be the introduction of undergraduate students to an important research area. These students will be trained in the use of modern chemical instrumentation and experimental techniques in studies designed to foster a life-long interest in research.