Cleaning up: NaNO2, a simple, inexpensive and biodegradable inorganic compound, acts as a catalyst to activate molecular oxygen for the destruction of polychlorinated phenols. The NaNO2/O2 system efficiently oxidizes the recalcitrant trichlorophenol into CO2 and/or CO and a small fraction of biodegradable organic products with a high rate of conversion (see ion chromatogram).
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