User:Ejhoekstra/List of natural halogenated substances

This list contains halogenated substances that are formed in natural processes or that are suspected to have a natural origin.


 * aerothionin, produced by the Red Sea sponge Suberea mollis
 * barettin and 8,9-dihydrobarettin, produced by the cold water marine sponge Geodia barretti Bowerbank act in synergy to deter larvae of surface settlers and may also be involved in defense against grazers.
 * bromodichloromethane
 * bromomethane
 * chlorodibromomethane
 * chlorodifluoromethane
 * chloromethane
 * 4-chlorophenol
 * chlorotrifluoroethene
 * dichloroacetamide
 * dichloroacetone isomers
 * dichloroacetonitrile
 * dichlorodifluoromethane
 * dichlorofluoromethane
 * dichloromethane
 * dichloropyruvic acid
 * 2,4-dichlorophenol and/or 2,5-dichlorophenol
 * 2,6-dichlorophenol
 * dichloroverongiaquinol, produced by the Red Sea sponge Suberea mollis
 * difluorodimethylsilane
 * dioxine, produced by
 * 1) natural fires
 * 2) soil
 * 3) sewage sludge
 * 4) compost
 * 5) chloroperoxidase
 * 1,2,3,7,8,9-hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
 * hexafluoropropene isomers
 * iodomethane
 * pentachloroacetone
 * 1,2,3,7,8-pentachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
 * purealdin L, produced by the Red Sea sponge Suberea mollis
 * subereamine A and subereamine B, produced by the Red Sea sponge Suberea mollis.
 * subereaphenol D, produced by the Red Sea sponge Suberea mollis
 * tetrachloroacetone isomers
 * 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin
 * tetrachloromethane
 * tetrachloroethene
 * tetrafluoroethene
 * tribromomethane
 * trichloroacetic acid
 * trichloroacetone isomers
 * trichloroacetonitrile
 * 1,1,1-trichloroethane
 * trichloroethene
 * trichlorofluoromethane
 * trichloromethane
 * trichloropyruvic acid
 * 2,4,5-trichlorophenol
 * 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane

Chlorinated maleic acids (n(Cl)=1-2) and chlorinated fumaric acids (n(Cl)=1-2) have been identified.

groupparameters
 * adsorbable organohalogens (AOX)