A laboratory study was conducted to determine the degradation rates and identify major metabolites of the herbicide metsulfuron-methyl in sterile and non-sterile aerobic soils in the dark at 20 degrees C. Bath [phenyl-U-C-14]- and [triazine-2-C-14]metsulfuron-methyl were used. The soil was treated with [C-14]metsulfuron-methyl (0.1 mg kg(-1)) and incubated in flow-through systems for one year. The degradation rate constants, DT50, and DT90 were obtained based on the first-order and biphasic models. The DT50 (time required for 50% of applied chemical to degrade) for metsulfuron-methyl, estimated using a biphasic model, was approximately 10 days (9-11 days, 95% confidence limits) in the non-sterile soil and 20 days (12-32 days, 95% confidence limits) in the sterile soil. One-year cumulative carbon dioxide accounted for approximately 48% and 23% of the applied radioactivity in the [phenyl-U-C-14] and [triazine-2-C-14]metsulfuron-methyl systems, respectively. Seven metabolites were identified by HPLC or LC/MS with synthetic standards. The degradation pathways included O-demethylation, cleavage of the sulfonylurea bridge, and triazine ring opening. The triazine ring-opened products were methyl 2-[ [ [ [ [ [ [(acetylamino)carbonyl]amino]carbonyl]amino] carbonyl]-amino]sulfonyl]benzoate in the sterile soil and methyl 2-[ [ [ [ [amino[(aminocarbonyl)imino]methyl] amino]carbonyl]amino]sulfonyl]benzoate in the non-sterile soil, indicating that different pathways were operable. (C) 1999 Society of Chemical Industry.
Application of liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry for the elucidation of hydroxyl radical oxidation of metsulfuron methyl and related sulfonylurea pesticide products: evidence for the triazine skeleton scission
by excitation of the iron(III) aquacomplex [Fe(H(2)O)OH](2+) and hydrogenperoxide at pH 3.5. Three different sulfonylureas were studied: metsulfuron methyl, cinosulfuron and thifensulfuron methyl. RESULTS Several products owing to the reactivity of hydroxyl radicals with sulfonylurea were obtained. They arise from scission of the sulfonylurea bridge, hydroxylation of the aromatic ring, demethylation
Study of the Hydrolysis of a Sulfonylurea Herbicide Using Liquid Chromatography with Diode Array Detection and Mass Spectrometry by Three-Way Multivariate Curve Resolution−Alternating Least Squares
作者:Ernst Bezemer、Sarah Rutan
DOI:10.1021/ac0101656
日期:2001.9.1
different pHs and temperatures by reversed-phase liquid chromatographyusing a diodearraydetector. The data are analyzed using a three-way, multivariatecurveresolution technique. Of special interest was the application of a closure constraint in the kinetic dimension followed by the determination of the rate constants for each step of the pathway by using a differential equation solver and nonlinear fitting
A laboratory study was conducted to determine the degradation rates and identify major metabolites of the herbicide metsulfuron-methyl in sterile and non-sterile aerobic soils in the dark at 20 degrees C. Bath [phenyl-U-C-14]- and [triazine-2-C-14]metsulfuron-methyl were used. The soil was treated with [C-14]metsulfuron-methyl (0.1 mg kg(-1)) and incubated in flow-through systems for one year. The degradation rate constants, DT50, and DT90 were obtained based on the first-order and biphasic models. The DT50 (time required for 50% of applied chemical to degrade) for metsulfuron-methyl, estimated using a biphasic model, was approximately 10 days (9-11 days, 95% confidence limits) in the non-sterile soil and 20 days (12-32 days, 95% confidence limits) in the sterile soil. One-year cumulative carbon dioxide accounted for approximately 48% and 23% of the applied radioactivity in the [phenyl-U-C-14] and [triazine-2-C-14]metsulfuron-methyl systems, respectively. Seven metabolites were identified by HPLC or LC/MS with synthetic standards. The degradation pathways included O-demethylation, cleavage of the sulfonylurea bridge, and triazine ring opening. The triazine ring-opened products were methyl 2-[ [ [ [ [ [ [(acetylamino)carbonyl]amino]carbonyl]amino] carbonyl]-amino]sulfonyl]benzoate in the sterile soil and methyl 2-[ [ [ [ [amino[(aminocarbonyl)imino]methyl] amino]carbonyl]amino]sulfonyl]benzoate in the non-sterile soil, indicating that different pathways were operable. (C) 1999 Society of Chemical Industry.