In this work we present a complete proton (1H) and carbon 13 (13C) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectral analysis of two synthetic dihydrofuran neolignans (±)-trans-dehydrodicoumarate dimethyl ester and (±)-trans-dehydrodiferulate dimethyl ester. Unequivocal assignments were achieved by 1H NMR, proton decoupled 13C (13C{1H}) NMR spectra, gradient-selected correlation spectroscopy (gCOSY), J-resolved, gradient-selected heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence (gHMQC), gradient-selected heteronuclear multiple bond coherence (gHMBC) and nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy (NOESY) experiments. All hydrogen coupling constants were measured, clarifying all the hydrogen signals multiplicities. Computational methods were also used to simulate the 1H and 13C chemical shifts and showed good agreement with the trans configuration of the substituents at C7 and C8.

Fluxos de Hg foram determinados entre 2005 e 2009 nas estações seca e chuvosa no estuário do Rio Jaguaribe, que desagua no Oceano Atlântico Equatorial, NE do Brasil. Na estação chuvosa a massa d'água no estuário apresenta um curto tempo de residência no estuário (0,8 dias), quatro vezes menor que na seca (3,1 dias). As concentrações e fluxos de Hg dissolvido (< 0,7 µm) e particulado foram maiores na interface rio/estuário que na estuário/mar, acumulando Hg particulado na região estuarina. A exportação de Hg particulado (1,8 a 12,6 mg s-1) ao oceano ocorreu sob chuva extrema, enquanto a exportação de Hg dissolvido foi quase zero na estação chuvosa e de até 0,45 mg s-1 na seca. Como a lixiviação continental no semiárido é afetada por mudanças climáticas globais e dos usos da terra, um aumento da acumulação de Hg particulado nos estuários e uma maior exportação de Hg dissolvido para o oceano é esperada.

Mercury fluxes were measured during the dry and rainy seasons (2005 to 2009) at the Jaguaribe River estuary, which discharges into the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean in NE Brazil. During rainy periods, the water masses exhibited a short residence time within the estuary (0.8 days). During dry periods, seawater choked the fluvial discharge, resulting in longer residence times (3.1 days). Dissolved (< 0.7 µm) and particulate Hg concentrations and fluxes were greater from the river to the estuary than from the estuary to the sea, producing accumulated particulate Hg in the estuary. Particulate Hg export (1.8 to 12.6 mg s-1) to the ocean occurred during extremely rainy periods, while dissolved Hg export was practically nonexistent during rainy periods and increased up to 0.45 mg s-1 during dry periods. Because continental runoff in semi-arid regions is affected by land use and global climate changes, the increasing accumulation of particulate Hg in the estuaries and increasing export of dissolved Hg to the ocean are expected.