Chiral analysis of organochlorine pesticides in Alabama soils. |
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| Authors: | K Wiberg T Harner J L Wideman T F Bidleman |
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| Institution: | Department of Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Ume? University, Sweden. karin.wiberg@chem.umu.se |
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| Abstract: | The enantiomeric composition of organochlorine (OC) pesticide residues was investigated in 32 agricultural and 3 cemetery soils from Alabama. The enantiomeric signatures were similar to those from other soils in US and Canada. The enantiomer fractions (EFs) of o,p'-DDT showed great variability, ranging from 0.41 to 0.57 while the EFs of chlordanes and chlordane metabolites were less variable and differed in general significantly from racemic. Enantioselective depletion of (+)trans-chlordane, (-)cis-chlordane, the first eluting enantiomer of MC5, and enrichment of (+)heptachlor-exo-epoxide and (+)oxychlordane was found in a large majority of the samples with detectable residues. The enantiomeric composition of alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane was racemic or close to racemic. |
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