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Mazur DM, Surmillo AS, Sypalov SA, Varsegov IS, Ul'yanovskii NV, Kosyakov DS, Lebedev AT. N-dealkylation of amines during water disinfection - Revealing a new direction in the formation of disinfection by-products. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 350:141117. [PMID: 38184079 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2023] [Revised: 01/02/2024] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/08/2024]
Abstract
Among numerous disinfection by-products (DBP) forming during aqueous chlorination nitrogen containing species are of special concern due to their toxicological properties. Nevertheless, corresponding reaction products of these natural and anthropogenic compounds are not sufficiently studied so far. An interesting reaction involves dealkylation of the substituted amine moiety. Here we present the results of the comparative study of one-electron oxidation and aqueous chlorination of several aliphatic and aromatic amines. The reaction products were reliably identified with gas chromatography - high resolution mass spectrometry (GC-HRMS), high pressure liquid chromatography - electrospray ionization high resolution mass spectrometry HPLC-ESI/HRMS), and electrochemistry - electrospray ionization high resolution mass spectrometry (EC-ESI/HRMS). Certain similarities dealing with the formation of the corresponding aldehydes and substitution of alkyl groups at the nitrogen atom for hydrogen were shown for the studied processes. The mechanism of the substituted amines' aqueous chlorination involving one-electron oxidation is proposed and confirmed by the array of the observed reaction products. Alternative reactions taking place in conditions of aqueous chlorination, i.e. aromatic electrophilic substitution, may successfully compete with dealkylation and produce major products.
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- D M Mazur
- Department of Materials Science, MSU-BIT University, Shenzhen, 517182, China
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Chemistry Department, Leninskie Gory 1/3, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Lomonosov Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Core Facility Center "Arktika", Nab. Severnoy Dviny 17, Arkhangelsk, 163002, Russia
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- Lomonosov Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Core Facility Center "Arktika", Nab. Severnoy Dviny 17, Arkhangelsk, 163002, Russia
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- Lomonosov Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Core Facility Center "Arktika", Nab. Severnoy Dviny 17, Arkhangelsk, 163002, Russia
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- Lomonosov Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Core Facility Center "Arktika", Nab. Severnoy Dviny 17, Arkhangelsk, 163002, Russia
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- Department of Materials Science, MSU-BIT University, Shenzhen, 517182, China; Lomonosov Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Core Facility Center "Arktika", Nab. Severnoy Dviny 17, Arkhangelsk, 163002, Russia.
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Ul'yanovskii NV, Varsegov IS, Sypalov SA, Mazur DM, Kosyakov DS, Lebedev AT. Cocamidopropyl betaine - a potential source of nitrogen-containing disinfection by-products in pool water. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:2314-2326. [PMID: 38057675 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-31315-9] [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: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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Water treatment for most public pools involves disinfection with active chlorine leading to the formation of disinfection by-products (DBPs). Among them, nitrogen-containing compounds (N-DBPs) having increased toxicity and adverse effects on human health are of the greatest concern. Being the major component of various body washers for swimmers, cocamidopropyl betaine (CAPB) represents a potential and still underestimated anthropogenic precursor of N-DBPs in pool water. The purpose of this study was to investigate CAPB transformation pathways and mechanisms under the aqueous chlorination conditions. High-performance liquid and two-dimensional gas chromatography hyphenated with high-resolution mass spectrometry were used for the search and tentative identification of the primary and final CAPB transformation products. A wide range of DBPs containing up to five chlorine atoms including these in combination with hydroxyl and additional carbonyl groups has been revealed in model chlorination experiments for the first time. The proposed mechanism of their formation involves nucleophilic substitution of the secondary amide hydrogen atom at the first stage with subsequent free radical and electrophilic addition reactions resulting in non-selective introduction of halogen atoms and hydroxyl groups in the alkyl chain. The deep transformation products include short-chain chlorinated hydrocarbons and their oxidation products as well as dimethylcarbamoyl chloride possessing high toxicity and carcinogenic properties. Targeted analysis of real swimming pool water samples confirmed the results of model experiments enabling semi-quantitative determination of CAPB (0.8 µg L-1) and 18 primary DBPs, including 10 chlorine-containing compounds with the total concentration of 0.1 µg L-1. Among them, monochloro (50%) and hydroxydichloro (25%) derivatives predominate. The toxicity and health of the main DBPs has been estimated using QSAR/QSTR approach. Thus, the possibility of formation of new classes of potentially toxic chlorine-containing DBPs associated with the widespread use of detergents and cosmetics was shown.
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- Nikolay V Ul'yanovskii
- Core Facility Center "Arktika", Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Arkhangelsk, 163002, Russia.
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- Core Facility Center "Arktika", Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Arkhangelsk, 163002, Russia
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- Core Facility Center "Arktika", Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Arkhangelsk, 163002, Russia
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Core Facility Center "Arktika", Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Arkhangelsk, 163002, Russia
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- Core Facility Center "Arktika", Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Arkhangelsk, 163002, Russia
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Mazur DM, Lebedev AT. Transformation of Organic Compounds during Water Chlorination/Bromination: Formation Pathways for Disinfection By-Products (A Review). JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2022; 77. [PMCID: PMC9924213 DOI: 10.1134/s1061934822140052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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The purity of drinking water is an important issue of the human life quality. Water disinfection has saved millions people from the diseases spread with water. However, that procedure has a certain drawback due to formation of toxic organic disinfection products. Establishing the structures of these products and the mechanisms of their formation and diminishing their levels in drinking water represent an important task for chemistry and medicine, while mass spectrometry is the most efficient tool for the corresponding studies. The current review throws light upon natural and anthropogenic sources of the formation of disinfection by-products (DBPs) and the mechanisms of their formation related to the structural peculiarities and the presence of functional groups. In addition to chlorination, bromination is discussed since it is used quite often as an alternative method of disinfection, particularly, for the purification of swimming pool water. The benefits of the contemporary GC/MS and LC/MS methods for the elucidation of DBP structures and study of the mechanisms of their formation are discussed. The reactions characteristic for various functional groups and directions of transformation of certain classes of organic compounds in conditions of aqueous chlorination/bromination are also covered in the review.
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- D. M. Mazur
- Organic Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- M.V. Lomonosov Northern (Arctic) Federal University, 163002 Arkhangelsk, Russia
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