Abstract
Present investigation was carried out using two commercial products Raft (oxadiargyl 6 % EC) and Topstar (oxadiargyl 80 % WP) of Oxadiargyl {5-tert-butyl-3[2,4-dichloro-5-(prop-2-ynyloxy)phenyl]-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2 (3H)-one} to investigate the persistence behavior and metabolism of the herbicide in various aqueous system under different pH condition. Half-life values revealed that alkaline hydrolysis played a dominant role in hydrolytic degradation of this compound. Q-ToF micromass study with the alkaline fractions of oxadiargyl indicated the formation of five metabolites, which was further characterized from their mass fragmentation data. The nature of metabolites formed indicated that heterocyclic oxadiazoline ring cleavage was found to be the main pathway of hydrolytic transformation of oxadiargyl.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 433 |
Journal | Environmental Monitoring and Assessment |
Volume | 187 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 17 Jul 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Buffered water
- Metabolic pathway
- Oxadiargyl
- Persistence
- Pseudo-first-order kinetics
- pH