Degradation intermediates and reaction pathway of pyraclostrobin with TiO2 photocatalysis
- Lagunas-Allué, L. 12
- Martínez-Soria, M.-T. 1
- Sanz-Asensio, J. 1
- Salvador, A. 2
- Ferronato, C. 2
- Chovelon, J.M. 2
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Universidad de La Rioja
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Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
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ISSN: 0926-3373
Any de publicació: 2012
Volum: 115-116
Número: 1
Pàgines: 285-293
Tipus: Article
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The present study deals with the photocatalytic degradation of the strobilurin pyraclostrobin in the presence of titanium dioxide (TiO 2) as a photocatalyst and UV light irradiation. The obtained results show a complete degradation of pyraclostrobin at pH 6.2, temperature at 20±1°C and 0.5gL -1 of catalyst after 60min irradiation. Photodegradation of pyraclostrobin exhibited pseudo-first-order reaction kinetics. The rate of photodecomposition of pyraclostrobin was measured using high performance liquid chromatography-diode array detector (HPLC-DAD). The effect of solution pH in the 2-10 range was investigated as well as the reaction intermediates formed during degradation. To obtain a better understanding of the mechanistic details of this TiO 2-assisted photodegradation of pyraclostrobin with UV-irradiation, the intermediates of the processes were concentrated, separated and identified by the solid-phase extraction (SPE) and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) technique. The probable photodegradation pathways were proposed and discussed. The main steps involved: hydroxylation of the aromatic rings (chloro-phenyl, phenyl and pyrazol) followed by the loss of the N-methoxy group, substitution of chloride atom by a hydroxyl group, rupture of the pyrazol and phenyl bond and the scission of the oxygen and pyrazol bond. © 2011 Elsevier B.V..