title: A wood preservative metabolite in river water.
abstract: A previously unknown pollutant in river water was identified to be 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (2-MBT) by interpretation and simulation of its GC/LRMS spectrum. Further GC/HRMS measurement of the isotope composition of the molecular ion verified this structure. 2-MBT is a well-known agent for corrosion inhibition and a stable metabolite of several other benzothiazoles. The present 2-MBT trace was most probably a metabolite of the wood preservative TCMTB which leaked from an upstream sawmill. The metabolite had been detected earlier in urine of the sawmill workers, but now was identified in the recipient water environment for the first time.
authors.affiliation: St Petersburg Center of Ecological Safety, Russian Academy of Sciences, 19702 St. Petersburg, Korpusnaya Str. 18, Russia.
authors.forename: Larisa O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Khoroshko
authors.forename: Varvara N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Petrova
authors.forename: Igor V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Viktorovskii
authors.forename: Mirja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lahtiperä
authors.forename: Seija
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sinkkonen
authors.forename: Jaakko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paasivirta
mesh_terms: D052160:Benzothiazoles; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005387:Finland; D005659:Fungicides, Industrial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D007221:Industry; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D045483:Rivers / Q000737:chemistry*; D012426:Russia; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D013861:Thiocyanates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*; D014934:Wood
chemical_list: D052160:Benzothiazoles; D005659:Fungicides, Industrial; D013844:Thiazoles; D013861:Thiocyanates; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C104310:2-(thiocyanomethylthio)benzothiazole; C028000:dibenzothiazyl disulfide