Degradation of the Herbicide, Butachlor, in Soil

제초제(除草劑) Butachlor의 토양중(土壤中) 분해(分解)

Butachlor incubated for certain periods of time under the simulated, rather aerobic, rice-paddy conditions of two different soils exhibited two major degradation products. 2,6-diethyl-N-(butoxymethyl) acetanilide and a new product C in all cases, and a relativly small amount of another new product D named tentatively as 8-ethyl-2-hydroxy-N-(butoxymethyl)-3,4-dihydroquinoline in some cases. The supposedly microbial degradation seemed to proceed with incubation periods to some extent. An anaerobic incubation in the previous investigation showed 2,6-diethyl-N-(butoxymethyl) acetanilide as the major product, whereas the new product C with m/z 291 turned out to be the major one in the present condition. Structural elucidation of the products was done based on the fragmentation patterns of the given mass spectra and a possible pathway for their formation was postulated.

이종(二種)의 토양(土壤)을 가지고 논과 유사한 상태(狀態)로 만들어 butachlor를 일정기간(一定其間) 배양시(培養時) 모든 경우 주분해산물(主分解産物)로 2,6-diethyl-N-(butoxymethyl) acetanilide와 신분해산물(新分解産物) C를, 그리고 경우에 따라서는 비교적(比較的) 소량(少量)의 신분해산물(新分解産物) 8-ethyl-2-hydroxy-N-(butoxymethyl) 3,4-dihydroguinoline을 생성(生成)하였다. 토양미산물(土壤微産物)의 작용(作用)으로 추측(推測)되는 이 분해(分解)는 어느 정도 배양기간에 비 해하여 진행(進行)되었다. 전번 연구의 혐기적 배양시에는 2,6-diethyl-N-(butoxymethyl) acetanilide가 주분해산물(主分解産物)인 반면 이번 경우에는 m/z a91의 물질(物質)이 주분해산물(主分解産物)이었다. 그리고 Mass Spectrum의 Fragmentation Pattern에 의(依)하여 이들 신분해산물(新分解産物)의 화학구조(化學構造)를 구명(究明)하고 가능(可能)한 생성경로(生成經路)를 추정(推定)하였다.