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  • Title: Structural influences in relative sorptivity of chloroacetanilide herbicides on soil.
    Author: Liu W, Gan J, Papiernik SK, Yates SR.
    Journal: J Agric Food Chem; 2000 Sep; 48(9):4320-5. PubMed ID: 10995358.
    Abstract:
    Adsorption of the chloroacetanilide herbicides acetochlor, alachlor, metolachlor, and propachlor was determined on soils and soil components, and their structural differences were used to explain their sorptivity orders. On all soils and soil humic acids, adsorption decreased in the order: metolachlor > acetochlor > propachlor > alachlor. On Ca(2+)-saturated montmorillonite, the order changed to metolachlor > acetochlor > alachlor > propachlor. FT-IR differential spectra of herbicide-clay or herbicide-humic acid-clay showed possible formation of hydrogen bonds and charge-transfer bonds between herbicides and adsorbents. The different substitutions and their spatial arrangement in the herbicide molecule were found to affect the relative sorptivity of these herbicides by influencing the reactivity of functional groups participating in these bond interactions. It was further suggested that structural characteristics of pesticides from the same class could be used to improve prediction of pesticide adsorption on soil.
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