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Solubility, partitioning, oxidation and photodegradation of dichloroacetamide herbicide safeners, benoxacor and furilazole.

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Approximately 242 million kg of herbicides are applied in the United States (US) annually. While herbicides prevent the growth of weeds, they can damage crops resulting in so called "herbicide… Click to show full abstract

Approximately 242 million kg of herbicides are applied in the United States (US) annually. While herbicides prevent the growth of weeds, they can damage crops resulting in so called "herbicide injury." To increase herbicidal tolerance of crops, herbicide safeners are commonly added to formulations. Herbicidal safeners are labeled as inert ingredients in herbicide formulations and typically minimal fate and transport information is available. The objective of this study is to experimentally derive the aqueous solubility, octanol-water partition coefficient, and photo-degradation and permanganate oxidation of two dichloroacetamide safeners, benoxacor and furilazole. These results can be used to understand the environmental chemodynamics of these compounds and their degradation via common drinking water treatment systems containing permanganate. The aqueous solubility of benoxacor and furilazole was 22 and 235 mg L-1 respectively while the estimated solubility from EPI Suite was 102.7 and 255 mg L-1 respectively. The log octanol-water partition coefficient of benoxacor and furilazole was 2.23 and 1.96 respectively. The selected safeners were not photodegradable to any great extent. Both benoxacor and furilazole oxidation were found to be second order with respect to initial KMnO4 concentrations. The results of this study can be used to predict distribution of safeners after application in agricultural fields and aid in the design of treatment systems.

Keywords: oxidation; benoxacor furilazole; safeners benoxacor; herbicide safeners; solubility

Journal Title: Chemosphere
Year Published: 2018

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