Analysis and Characterization of Isopropyl Carbanilate Herbicide and Its Photoproducts英文文献资料.docVIP

American Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 2011, 2, 809-813 doi:10.4236/ajac.2011.27092 Published Online November 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ajac) Analysis and Characterization of Isopropyl Carbanilate Herbicide and Its Photoproducts Mohammed Fehmi Zaater Department of Chemical Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan E-mail: mzaater@.jo Received January 17, 2011; revised May 20, 2011; accepted June 19, 2011 Abstract The phototransformation of the herbicide Isopropyl carbanilate (IPC) has been investigated under UV light. Irradiation of the herbicide at room temperature in aqueous and organic solvents such as hexane and metha- nol afforded new photo-products formed as a consequence of various processes including photo-Fries rear- rangement, ring solvolysis, hydrolysis of the amide/carbamoyl and ester bonds, ring coupling and polymeri- zation. The percentage remaining of the herbicide as a function of time was followed periodically starting from zero time up to three hours. Analyses were performed by GC-FID equipped with a semipolar glass column operated at 170 ?C. The rate of photo disappearance of IPC under controlled lab condition followed 1st order kinetics and found to be solvent dependent in the manner of non polar polar solvents. The photo-products were successfully separated by GC and preparative TLC (Silica gel F-254) and were identi- fied using either GC-MS and/or MS. Identifications were assigned on the bases of molecular ions, mass fragmentation pattern and whenever possible by comparison with the mass spectra of literature analogues. Keywords: Phototransformation, Isopropyl carbanilate, Isopropyl-N-Phenylcarbamate, Propham, IPC and GC-MS 1. Introduction reported that hydrolysis to the respective aniline and iso- propanol in a reverse manner to its synthesis constitutes the major metabolic pathway especially in tolerant plants and soil [4-10]. Molecular modification i