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Tris(4-chlorophenyl)methanol and tris(4-chlorophenyl)methane have been detected as microcontaminants in the marine environment since 1989 (Walker et al. 1989). Several abbreviations are used for these compounds, such as 4,4′,4″-TCP, TCP, TCPM, and TCPM-OH for tris(4-chlorophenyl)methanol and 4,4,′ 4″-TCPMe, TCPMe, and 4,4,′4″-TCPM for tris(4-chlorophenyl)methane. In this paper, the abbreviations TCPM and TCPMe are used. TCPM and TCPMe (Fig. 1) are structurally related to DDT and dicofol (l,l,l-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)methanol (Fig. 2).
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de Boer, J. (1997). Environmental Distribution and Toxicity of Tris(4-Chlorophenyl)Methanol and Tris(4-Chlorophenyl)Methane. In: Ware, G.W. (eds) Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol 150. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2278-1_4
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