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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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