Reactivity features of polychlorobiphenyl congeners in the nucleophilic substitution reactions

Groups of congeners and individual congeners of polychlorobiphenyls contributing to the composition of the technical mixture “Sovol” (PCB 60, PCB 64, PCB 70, PCB 74, PCB 97, PCB 101, PCB 105, PCB 110, PCB 118, PCB 138, PCB 149, PCB 156, and PCB 163) were synthesized by the reaction of aryl-aryl coupling. The interaction of the congeners with sodium methoxide was performed and their complete conversion was proved. By means of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry the PCBs methoxy derivatives were identified. The data on the reactivity of the individual polychlorobiphenyl congeners were precised.