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Pan Y, Breider F, Barrios B, Minakata D, Deng H, von Gunten U. Role of Carbonyl Compounds for N-Nitrosamine Formation during Nitrosation: Kinetics and Mechanisms. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:4792-4801. [PMID: 38427382 PMCID: PMC10938875 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c07461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Revised: 02/11/2024] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
Abstract
N-Nitrosamines are potential human carcinogens frequently detected in natural and engineered aquatic systems. This study sheds light on the role of carbonyl compounds in the formation of N-nitrosamines by nitrosation of five secondary amines via different pathways. The results showed that compared to a control system, the presence of formaldehyde enhances the formation of N-nitrosamines by a factor of 5-152 at pH 7, depending on the structure of the secondary amines. Acetaldehyde showed a slight enhancement effect on N-nitrosamine formation, while acetone and benzaldehyde did not promote nitrosation reactions. For neutral and basic conditions, the iminium ion was the dominant intermediate for N-nitrosamine formation, while carbinolamine became the major contributor under acidic conditions. Negative free energy changes (<-19 kcal mol-1) and relatively low activation energies (<18 kcal mol-1) of the reactions of secondary amines with N2O3, iminium ions with nitrite and carbinolamines with N2O3 from quantum chemical computations further support the proposed reaction pathways. This highlights the roles of the iminium ion and carbinolamine in the formation of N-nitrosamines during nitrosation in the presence of carbonyl compounds, especially in the context of industrial wastewater.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yishuai Pan
- School
of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne
(EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Key
Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment, Ministry of Education,
Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, College
of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 20092, China
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- School
of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne
(EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department
of Civil, Environmental and Geospatial Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, Michigan 49931, United States
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- Department
of Civil, Environmental and Geospatial Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, Michigan 49931, United States
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- Key
Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment, Ministry of Education,
Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, College
of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 20092, China
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- School
of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne
(EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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Borths CJ, Burr T, Figuccia A, Ford JG, Guan B, Jones MT, Klingeleers D, Lochner S, Rodriguez AA, Wetter C. Nitrosamine Risk Assessments in Oligonucleotides. Org Process Res Dev 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.oprd.2c00330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
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- Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc., Carlsbad, California 92010, United States
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- Novartis AG, Lichtstrasse 35, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- AstraZeneca, Macclesfield SK10 2NA, United Kingdom
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- Biogen, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- Pfizer, 875 Chesterfield Parkway West, Chesterfield, Missouri 63017, United States
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- F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Grenzacherstrasse 124, CH-4070 Basel, Switzerland
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Ul’yanovskii NV, Kosyakov DS, Pikovskoi II, Popov MS. Study of the Products of Oxidation of 1,1-Dimethylhydrazine by Nitrogen Dioxide in an Aqueous Solution by High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s1061934818130130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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