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Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 1997;4(2):61-7. doi: 10.1007/BF02986278.

Isolation and structural elucidation of polar photometabolites.

Environmental science and pollution research international

J Burhenne, M Ludwig, M Spiteller

Affiliations

  1. Department of Ecological Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, University of Kassel, Nordbahnhofstrasse la, D-37213, Witzenhausen, Germany.

PMID: 19005784 DOI: 10.1007/BF02986278

Abstract

Subsequent to irradiation with a xenon lamp simulating sunlight, fluoroquinolone carboxylic acids in aqueous solution form polar pyridone dicarboxylic and tricarboxylic acids. After liquid/liquid partition with chloroform/water these substances can be isolated by ion exchange chromatography of the aqueous phase. They can be regarded as intermediate compounds on the route to a complete photomineralization. The structural elucidation is performed by such mass spectroscopic methods as MS, GC/MS and HPLC/MS, whereby HPLC/MS shows the highest reliability. Additionally(1)H- and(13)C-NMR measurements confirm the structure of the main polar degradation product.

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