Halophenols are often reported as off-flavor causing compounds responsible for medicinal taste and odor episodes in drinking water. To better understand and minimize the formation of 2-bromophenol and 2,6-dibromophenol which have low odor threshold concentrations (OTCs, 30 and 0.5 ng/L, respectively) a kinetic data base for the chlorination and bromination of phenols was established by combination of kinetic measurements and data from literature.
Urs von Gunten, Minju Lee, Peter Rudolf Tentscher
Touradj Ebrahimi, Jean-Marc Vesin, Eleni Kroupi