Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics (IBP), Department of Environmental Systems Science , ETH Zurich , 8092 Zurich , Switzerland.
Environ Sci Technol. 2019 Aug 20;53(16):9594-9603. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b02895. Epub 2019 Aug 12.
Singlet oxygen (O) and triplet chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM*) are photochemically produced reactive intermediates responsible for the photodegradation of several micropollutants in the sunlit surface waters. However, elucidating the mechanism of reactions involving both O and CDOM* can be complicated by the deeply interconnected nature of these two reactive species. In this work, we synthesized a series of model compounds inspired by the chemical structure of fenfuram, a fungicide used in the 1980s, and used them to investigate structure-reactivity relationships in photodegradation reactions involving O and CDOM*. A combination of steady-state and time-resolved approaches was employed to successfully predict the extent of O-induced degradation. Conversely, the prediction of triplet-induced reactivity was complicated by the presence of repair mechanisms whose extent and relative importance were difficult to predict. The results of our work indicate that bimolecular rate constants measured via time-resolved techniques alone are not sufficient to accurately predict environmental half-lives, as intrinsic differences in the reaction mechanism can amplify the importance of secondary degradation pathways.
单线态氧(O)和三重态发色溶解有机物(CDOM*)是光化学反应产生的活性中间体,负责阳光照射下水体中几种微污染物的光降解。然而,由于这两种活性物质之间存在着深层次的相互关联,阐明涉及 O 和 CDOM的反应机制可能会变得复杂。在这项工作中,我们合成了一系列受 20 世纪 80 年代使用的杀菌剂 Fenfuram 化学结构启发的模型化合物,并使用它们来研究涉及 O 和 CDOM的光降解反应中的结构-反应性关系。采用稳态和时间分辨方法的组合,成功地预测了 O 诱导降解的程度。相反,由于存在难以预测的修复机制,三重态诱导反应的预测变得复杂,其程度和相对重要性。我们的工作结果表明,仅通过时间分辨技术测量的双分子速率常数不足以准确预测环境半衰期,因为反应机制的内在差异会放大次要降解途径的重要性。