A discussion of the potential of chlorinated aliphatic
compounds to serve as a source of energy via
oxidative conversions is also interesting. Table 7
shows the amount of Gibbs free energy available
for the mineralization of chlorinated aliphatic compounds
with oxygen as the electron acceptor. Equation
I gives the amount of energy available from the
complete mineralization of n-chloroalkanes, based
on estimates made according to the group contribution
theory.