Photochemical transformation of ibuprofen into harmful 4-isobutylacetophenone: Pathways, kinetics, and significance for surface waters

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 6109-6121

  Ruggeri, Giulia ^a   Ghigo, Giovanni ^a   Maurino, Valter ^a   Minero, Claudio ^a   Vione, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs; Photosensitised transformation; Radical reactions; Surface water photochemistry; Transformation by products and intermediates

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; KETONES; PHOTOLYSIS; PROPIONIC ACID; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SURFACE REACTIONS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS; DIRECT PHOTOLYSIS; HARMFUL COMPOUNDS; NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS; PHOTOCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PHOTOSENSITIZED TRANSFORMATION; RADICAL REACTIONS; SURFACE WATER PHOTOCHEMISTRIES; TRANSFORMATION BY-PRODUCT AND INTERMEDIATE; TRANSFORMATION BY-PRODUCTS;

SURFACE WATERS;

2 PROPANOL; 4 ISOBUTYLACETOPHENONE; ACETOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FURFURYL ALCOHOL; IBUPROFEN; PROPIONIC ACID; ROSE BENGAL; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DRUG; ORGANIC ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADICAL; REACTION KINETICS; SURFACE WATER; TRANSFORMATION;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FENTON REACTION; HALF LIFE TIME; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTON; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; STEADY STATE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WATER ABSORPTION;

NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS; PHOTOSENSITISED TRANSFORMATION; RADICAL REACTIONS; SURFACE-WATER PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TRANSFORMATION BY-PRODUCTS AND INTERMEDIATES;

ACETOPHENONES; IBUPROFEN; KINETICS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84885388481     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.07.031     Document Type: Article

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