The relationship between the formation of chlorinated aromatic (aromatic-Cl) compounds and ferric chloride in the solid phase during a thermal process motivated us to study the chemical characteristics of iron in a model solid sample, a mixture of FeCl(3) x 6H(2)O, activated carbon, and boron nitride, with increasing temperature. Fe K-edge extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy revealed drastic changes in the chemical form of amorphous iron, consistent with other analytical methods, such as X-ray diffraction using synchrotron radiation (SR-XRD) and Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. Atomic-scale evidence of the chlorination of aromatic carbon was detected by Cl-K X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy. These results showed the thermal formation mechanism of aromatic-Cl compounds in the solid phase with ferric chloride. We attribute the formation of aromatic-Cl compounds to the chlorination of carbon, based on the oxychlorination reaction of FeCl(3) at temperatures in excess of ca. 300 degrees C, when the carbon matrix is activated by carbon gasification, catalyzed by Fe(2)O(3), and surface oxygen complexes (SOC) generated by a catalytic cycle of FeCl(2) and FeOCl. Chemical changes of trace iron in a thermal process may offer the potential to generate aromatic-Cl compounds in the solid phase.
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