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J Agric Food Chem. 1998 Jan 19;46(1):314-317. doi: 10.1021/jf970334g.

Formation of N-Nitrosoterbuthylazine and N-Nitrosoterbutryn in a Model System of Soil Water.

Journal of agricultural and food chemistry

Trevisan, Graviani, Del Re AA, Arnoldi, Bassoli, Cova, Rossignoli

Affiliations

  1. Dipartimento di Scienze Molecolari Agroalimentari and Dipartimento di Farmacologia, Chemioterapia e Tossicologia Medica, Centro CNR Farmacologia Infrastrutture Cellulari, Università di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy, and Istituto di Chimica Agraria e Ambientale, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy.

PMID: 10554239 DOI: 10.1021/jf970334g

Abstract

The s-triazines terbutryn and terbuthylazine are currently used in Italy for weed control. A possible reaction of these compounds in the environment is N-nitrosation. Experiments performed in 10 mM CaCl(2) as a model of soil water indicated that N-nitrosation is favored only at low pH values and that the N-nitroso derivatives are fairly stable. In the presence of soil either parent compounds or N-nitroso derivatives are strongly adsorbed. These results seem to indicate that the possibility of formation of N-nitrosoterbuthylazine and N-nitrosoterbutryn in common agricultural soil is very remote.

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