title: Relative rate constants of contaminant candidate list pesticides with hydroxyl radicals.
abstract: The objective of this study was to establish the relative rate constants for the reactions of selected pesticides (linuron, diuron, prometon, terbacil, diazinon, dyfonate, terbufos, and disulfoton) listed on the U.S. EPA Contaminant Candidate Listwith UV and hydroxyl radicals (*OH). Batch experiments were conducted in phosphate buffered solution at pH 7. All pesticides were found to be very reactive toward *OH as indicated by rate constant values above 10(9) M(-1) s(-1). Using molinate as a reference compound, kOH ranged from 2.7 x 10(9) to 12.0 x 10(9) M(-1) s(-1) for the contaminants while slightly higher values from 2.9 x 10(9) to 14.3 x 10(9) M(-1) s(-1) were obtained using nitrobenzene as a reference compound. A method was established that accounts for direct photolysis when calculating kOH using UV/H2O2 process for compounds which degrade significantly by a direct photolysis mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Box 90287, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.
authors.forename: Hilla
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shemer
authors.forename: Charles M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Sharpless
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Elovitz
authors.forename: Karl G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Linden
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000737:chemistry; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D010575:Pesticides / Q000737:chemistry*; D010777:Photochemistry; D012015:Reference Standards
chemical_list: D010575:Pesticides; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide