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Science 15 January 1971:
Vol. 171. no. 3967, pp. 180 - 182
DOI: 10.1126/science.171.3967.180
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DDT: Participation in Ultraviolet-Detectable, Charge-Transfer Complexation

W. E. Wilson 1, L. Fishbein 1, and S. T. Clements 1

1 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709

The chlorophenyl groups of DDT and several of its metabolites are capable of participating in a charge-transfer interaction with tetracyanoethylene detectable in the ultraviolet region of the spectrum. In addition, during a change of state DDT undergoes ultraviolet spectral alterations that closely resemble those previously claimed to support the hypothesis suggesting charge-transfer interaction between this pesticide and a component of insect nerve tissue. The pesticide DDT possesses structural characteristics that would permit it to participate in several types of molecular association.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Binding of DDT to Lecithin.
I. J. Tinsley, R. Haque, and D. Schmedding (1971)
Science 174, 145-147
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