A series of selected halomethanes were treated with the submerged carbon arc using graphite electrodes at 10A. CCl
4 and CHCl
3 produce abundant
soot which is double in comparison to the
soot produced by arcing CH
2Cl
2 and is one order of magnitude higher than the amount of
soot produced by arcing hydrocarbons such as n-hexane or decalin and two orders of magnitudes higher in comparison to the amounts of
soot produced by arcing alcohols. It was found a anticorrelation between the amount of polyynes present in the solution of the arced solvent and the amount of
soot produced by arcing. In the case of CCl
4 and CHCl
3 no polyynes were detected by liquid chromatographic analysis (HPLC-DAD), while polyynes were detected in CH
2Cl
2 and are present in higher concentration in arced hydrocarbon solutions. The
soot produced from halomethanes was analyzed by FT-IR spectroscopy in comparison to the
soot produced by arcing hydrocarbons and alcohols. Furthermore, the
soot from halomethanes was analyzed by HPLC-DAD after extraction with acetonitrile and found to contain a mixture of halogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Also CHClBr and CH
2I
2 were arced between graphite electrodes. The former compound produces free bromine and
soot; bromine causes halogenation of the polyynes. In the case of the latter compound, free iodine is released from the arc and the amount of
soot produced is comparable to that obtained by arcing CH
2Cl
2.
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