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Retene
About: Retene is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 160 publications have been published within this topic receiving 7488 citations.
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TL;DR: The qualitative PAH pattern is remarkably constant for most of the locations studied, and the quantitative PAH abundance increases with proximity to urban centers as discussed by the authors, consistent with anthropogenic combustion's being the major source of these compounds.
1,009 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a series of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) derived by early-diagenetic transformations of biogenic precursors are found in Recent sediments of four lakes ( Lake Lucerne, Lake Zurich, Lake Greifensee, and Lake Washington, northwest U.S.A.).
700 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the main compound 1-methyl-7-isopropylphenanthrene (trivial name retene) formed by thermal degradation of resin compounds in the wood was identified.
Abstract: The use of wood as a fuel has increased since the oil embargo in 1973. Several studies have shown that wood combustion may make a significant contribution to air pollution. Using 14C as a tracer for contemporary carbonaceous materials, 30–70% of the atmospheric carbon has been shown to originate from wood combustion in areas affected by this source1–3. Other studies have shown that emissions from wood combustion contain large amounts of particles4–6 and organic compounds, one class being poly cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)7–11. However, these compounds are also formed by combustion of other carbonaceous materials. In our studies on PAH in wood combustion emissions and in ambient air in wood-heated residential areas, we have identified several PAH compounds which may be related to combustion of coniferous wood. These are alkylated phenanthrene compounds with the main compound 1-methyl-7-isopropylphenanthrene (trivial name retene) formed by thermal degradation of resin compounds in the wood.
558 citations
TL;DR: A sediment depth profile indicates a major increase in the PAH concentrations after the First World War.
238 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, 15 sections from an anoxic sediment core were analyzed for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and two types of PAH were observed: those from combustion sources such as pyrene and chrysene and those from natural sources, such as retene and perylene.
231 citations
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| Year | Papers |
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| 2021 | 4 |
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2016 | 5 |