OH-radical induced degradation of 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T) and 4-chloro-2-methyl

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OH-radicalinduceddegradationof2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyaceticacid(2,4,5-T)and4-chloro-2-methylphenoxyaceticacid(MCPA):Apulseradiolysisandgamma-radiolysisstudy

RobertZonaa,SonjaSolarb,n,KnudSehestedcaHBLVARosensteingasse,Rosensteingasse79,A-1170Vienna,Austria

bUniversityofVienna,FacultyofLifeSciences,DepartmentofNutritionalSciences,SectionRadiationBiology,Althanstrasse14,A-1090Vienna,Austria

cRisoeNationalLaboratories,DK-4000Roskilde,Denmark

articleinfoArticlehistory:Received21September2011Accepted21September2011Availableonline29September2011Keywords:2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyaceticacid(2,4,5-T)4-Chloro-2-methylphenoxyaceticacid(MCPA)OH-radicalsPulseradiolysisGamma-radiolysisDegradationproductsabstractThereactionsofdOH,HdandeaqÀwith2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyaceticacid(2,4,5-T)and4-chloro-2-methylphenoxyaceticacid(MCPA)werestudiedbypulseradiolysis.ThesiteofdOH-radicalsadditiontothearomaticringof2,4,5-Twasfoundtobe—C1:$18%,C2/C4/C5:total$28%andC3/C6:total$41%.TheoverallrateconstantswithOH-radicalswerek(dOHþ2,4,5-T)¼6.4(70.5)Â109moldmÀ3sÀ1andk(dOHþMCPA)¼8.5(70.8)Â109moldmÀ3sÀ1.Theradiationinduceddecompositionofthepesti-cides,chloride-andproductformation(phenoliccompounds,aliphaticacids)wasstudiedbygammaradiolysisasafunctionofdose.Amechanismforacetateformationisdiscussed.Thepresenceofoxygenduringirradiationaffectedthedecompositionrateonlyindiscernibly,however,chlorideelimination,ringfragmentation(formationofaliphaticacids),TOC-andtoxicityreductionwerestronglyenhanced.Forcompleteremovalof500mmoldmÀ3herbicidesadoseof$4kGywasrequired.Usingairsaturationduringirradiationareductionof37–40%oftheTOCwasobservableat5kGy,detoxification(luminescenceinhibitiono20%)wasachievedwith10kGy.&2011ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved.

1.IntroductionInthelastdecadesphenoxyaceticacidderivativeshavebeenoneofthemostcommonlyappliedherbicidesinagriculture,andconsequently,theycanbepresenttogetherwiththeirdegrada-tionproductsinnaturalwaterresources.Contaminationofwatersandsoilcanalsooccurfrompesticidedischargesfrommanufac-turingplants,fromstoragesitesandrunoffsfromvegetationandsoil.Forremediationofwatersandwasteadvancedoxidationprocesses(AOPs)e.g.ionizingradiation(Zonaetal.,2002a;Drzewiczetal.,2004;PellerandKamat,2005;Bojanowska-Czajkaetal.,2006),UV-radiation/ozone/photocatalysis(M¨ulleretal.,1998;Benitezetal.,2004;Zertaletal.,2004)sonolysis(Pelleretal.,2001;Uenoetal.,2009),electrochemicaldegrada-tion(Brillasetal.,2003a,2003b)aswellasbiodegradation(KuhlmannandKaczmarzcyk,1995;Celisetal.,2008)havebeensuggested.AllAOPsarebasedonin-situoxidationbydOHradicals

(e.g.Pelleretal.,2004).Manymicroorganismscausingbiodegra-dationhavebeenisolated(e.g.Kitagawaetal.,2002).Inthismetabolicpathwayhydroxylationhasbeenfoundtobean

essentialstep.For2,4-Dthefollowingsequenceofdegradationproductswasreported:2,4-dichlorophenol,3,5-dichlorocatechol,2,4-dichloromuconate,2-chlorodienelactoneand2-chloromaley-latcetate.MCPAfollowsananalogousroute(SmithandBeadle,2008).InthepresentstudywaterandionizingradiationwereusedasdOHradicalsource.

TheobjectiveofthisreportwastoelucidatethemechanisticdetailsofdOH-radicalattachmentonthearomaticringof2,4,5-TandMCPA,andtoanalyzetheconsequentlyformedproducts.Further,theeffectofoxygenduringirradiationonthedegrada-tion-andchlorideeliminationrate,onthealiphaticacidforma-tion,aswellasonthemineralizationprocesswasassessed.Inaddition,thewaterqualityafterirradiationwasdeterminedbytoxicitymeasurements.

2.Experimental2.1.Chemicals,solutionsandabbreviations2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyaceticacid(2,4,5-T),4-chloro-2-methylphenoxyaceticacid(MCPA),2,4,5-trichlorophenol(2,4,5-TCP),4-chloro-2-methylphenol(4-CMP),2,4-dichlorophenoxya-ceticacid(2,4-D)andallchemicalsusedwereofhighestpurity

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E-mailaddress:sonja.solar@univie.ac.at(S.Solar).

RadiationPhysicsandChemistry81(2012)152–159gradeavailable(Aldrich,Merck).ForsamplepreparationwaterwasdistilledandfurtherpurifiedusingDirect-Q3UVpurificationsystem(Millipore,Bedford,MA,USA).Thesolutions(500mmoldmÀ3i.e.100ppmMCPAand128ppm2,4,5-T)werepurgedwithN2O(Stickoxydul,p.n.;MesserAustria,Vienna,

Austria)forabout30min,oruseddirectly(aeratedsolution,A),saturatedwithair(AS)and/orsaturatedwithoxygen(OS)duringirradiation.ThepH($9)wasadjustedwithNaOH.