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Geoscience Letters

Official Journal of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)

Table 1 Examples of major organoarsenical compounds (adopted from Sharma and Sohn 2009)

From: Arsenic through aquatic trophic levels: effects, transformations and biomagnification—a concise review

Organoarsenicals

Formula

Methylarsine

CH3AsH2

Dimethylarsine

(CH3)2AsH

Trimethylarsine

(CH3)3As

Monomethylarsonic acid

CH3AsO(OH)2, MMAV

Monomethylarsenous acid

CH3As(OH)2, MMAIII

Dimethylarsinic acid

(CH3)2AsO(OH), DMAV

Dimethylarsenous acid

(CH3)2AsOH, DMAIII

Trimethylarsinic oxide

(CH3)3AsO, TMAO

Tetramethylarsonium ion

(CH3)4As+, TMA+

Arsenobetaine

(CH3)3As+CH2COO−, AB

Arsenocholine

(CH3)As+CH2 CH2OH, AC

Arsenosugars

Structures

Dimethylarsinoylribosides

Fig. 1 (a to k)

Triaklylarsonioribosides

Fig. 1, (l, m)

Dimethylarsonoulribtol sulphate

Fig. 1, (n)

Glycerophosphorarsenocholine

Fig. 1, (o)

Glycerophosphatidylarsenocholine

Fig. 1, (p)

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