title: N-(phenylsulfonyl)-glycine--a new contaminant in sewage- and surface water.
abstract: River samples (e.g. river Rhine, river Neckar, Germany) and samples from five communal sewage treatment plants were investigated for N-(phenylsulfonyl)-glycine, -alanine and -sarcosine, as well as for the corresponding p-toluene analogues. As result of this screening we identified N-(phenylsulfonyl)-glycine as a hitherto unknown polar contaminant. In surface waters the concentrations of N-(phenylsulfonyl)-glycine ranged between 50 and 850 ng/l. In communal sewage treatment plants the concentrations varied: The substance was only found in one influent with a concentration of 1200 ng/l; in the biological step and in the effluent its concentrations ranged from 80 to 300 ng/l. N-(phenylsulfonyl)-alanine, N-(p-toluenesulfonyl)-glycine, -sarcosine and -alanine were found neither in surface nor in sewage waters.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental Geochemistry, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Niedan
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Schöler
mesh_terms: D000409:Alanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis; D002617:Chemical Industry; D004345:Drug Industry; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000032:analysis*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D005858:Germany; D012521:Sarcosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis; D012722:Sewage / Q000032:analysis*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: C113395:N-(phenylsulfonyl)alanine; C113396:N-(phenylsulfonyl)glycine; C113393:N-(phenylsulfonyl)sarcosine; D012722:Sewage; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D000409:Alanine; D012521:Sarcosine