Phototransformation of the insecticide fipronil: Identification of novel photoproducts and evidence for an alternative pathway of photodegradation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 4151-4157

  Raveton, Muriel ^a   Aajoud, Asmae ^a   Willison, John C ^b   Aouadi, Heddia ^a   Tissut, Michel ^a   Ravanel, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIPRONIL; PHOTOPRODUCTS; PHOTOTRANSFORMATIONS; PYRAZOLE RING;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ECOLOGY; SOLUTIONS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

INSECTICIDES;

AROMATIC COMPOUND; DESULFINYL FIPRONIL; FIPRONIL; INSECTICIDE; PHENYLPYRAZOLE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; SULFINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ECOLOGY; INSECTICIDES; SOLUTIONS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INSECTICIDE; PHOTODEGRADATION; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOPRODUCT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AEDES; ANILINE COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSECTICIDES; KINETICS; LIGHT; PYRAZOLES; SULFIDES; TOXICITY TESTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 33746693727     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0523946     Document Type: Article

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