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Commercial available zero valent aluminum under air-equilibrated acidic conditions (ZVA1/H+/air system) demonstrated an excellent capacity to remove aqueous organic compounds.Acetaminophen (ACTM),the active ingredient of the over-the-counter drug Tylenol(R),is widely present in the aquatic environment and therefore the treatment of ACTM-contaminated water calls for further research.Herein we investigated the oxidative removal of ACTM by ZVAl/H+/air system and the reaction mechanism.In acidic solutions (pH ＜ 3.5),ZVAl displayed an excellent capacity to remove ACTM.More than 99％ of ACTM was eliminated within 16 hr in pH 1.5 reaction solutions initially containing 2.0 g/L aluminum and 2.0 mg/L ACTM at 25 ± 1℃.Higher temperature and lower pH facilitated ACTM removal.The addition of different iron species Fe0,Fe2+ and Fe3+ into ZVAl/H+/air system dramatically accelerated the reaction likely due to the enhancing transformation of H2O2 to HO·via Fenton’s reaction.Furthermore,the primary intermediate h.ydroquinone and the anions formate,acetate and nitrate,were identified and a possible reaction scheme was proposed.This work suggested that ZVA1/H+/air system may be potentially employed to treat ACTM-contaminated water.