Oxidative coupling reactions take place during the passage of xylenols through a laboratory-scale helophyte-based constructed wetland system. Typical coupling product groups including tetramethyl-[1,1'-biphenyl] diols and tetramethyl diphenylether monools as stable organic intermediates could be identified by a combination of pre-chromatographic derivatization and GC/MS analysis. Structural assignment of individual analytes was performed by an increment system developed by Zenkevich to pre-calculate retention sequences. The most abundant analyte turned out to be 3,3',5,5'-tetramethyl-[1,1'-biphenyl]-4,4'-diol, which can be formed by a combination of radicals based on 2,6-xylenol or by an attack of a 2,6-xylenol-based radical on 2,6-xylenol. Organic intermediates originating from oxidative coupling could also be identified in anaerobic constructed wetland systems. This finding suggested the presence of (at least partly) oxic conditions in the rhizosphere.
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