Issue 5, 2003

Mechanistic inferences of the photocatalyzed oxidation of chlorinated phenoxyacetic acids by electrospray mass spectral techniques and from calculated point charges and electron densities on all atoms

Abstract

The photodegradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) taking place in UV irradiated aqueous TiO2 dispersions was revisited to obtain mechanistic details on the basis of similar degradation of the related 2,3-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,3-D), 4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (4-M) and phenoxyacetic acid (PhA). Mechanistic changes were inferred from the different positions of the chlorine substituents. As well, the compounds were compared for differences in degradation rate and initial adsorption on the TiO2 surface as a function of the number of chlorines. The initial mechanistic sequence(s) in the TiO2-photocatalyzed oxidation of each substrate was predicted theoretically by molecular orbital (MO) calculations of frontier electron densities and point charges of all the atoms in the phenoxyacetic acid structures.

Graphical abstract: Mechanistic inferences of the photocatalyzed oxidation of chlorinated phenoxyacetic acids by electrospray mass spectral techniques and from calculated point charges and electron densities on all atoms

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
02 Dec 2002
Accepted
06 Jan 2003
First published
08 Apr 2003

New J. Chem., 2003,27, 836-843

Mechanistic inferences of the photocatalyzed oxidation of chlorinated phenoxyacetic acids by electrospray mass spectral techniques and from calculated point charges and electron densities on all atoms

N. Watanabe, S. Horikoshi, K. Suzuki, H. Hidaka and N. Serpone, New J. Chem., 2003, 27, 836 DOI: 10.1039/B211963N

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