1. Institute of Animal Evolutionary Morphology and Ecology , USSR Academy of Sciences , Leninsky prospect, 33, Moscow, 117071, USSR;2. Timiriazev Moscow Agricultural Academy , Tumiriazevsky proezd, 2a, Moscow, 127550, USSR
Abstract:
Photodegradation products of the herbicide Goal active ingredient were obtained with a xenon lamp and analyzed using direct inlet mass spectrometry, MS/MS and GC/MS. A number of products were identified and their generation pathways were established to be mainly Ar—O bond cleavage, dechlorination and photocyclisation. The latter process gives chlorinated and unchlorinated dibenzofurans some of which may be toxic.