Photolysis of the insecticide imidacloprid in water and water-paddy soil systems

To elucidate the photolysis characteristics of the insecticide imidacloprid in the environment, $[^{14}C]$imidacloprid was treated into water and paddy soil-water system. In water system, the amount of $^{14}C$-radioactivity distributed in aqueous phase was rapidly increased up to 80% of total $^{14}C$ in water during 7 days of exposure to sunlight. Also, the amounts of imidacloprid in water at day 0 and 3 days after treatment were 1.2461 and 0.8594 mg/kg, respectively, not being detected 7 days after treatment, indicating rapid degradation of imidacloprid in water by sunlight. One photodegradation product, imidacloprid urea, in which the $N-NO_2$ moiety of imidacloprid was replaced by oxygen, was detected from water in water and water-paddy systems. The amount of the metabolite detected from water in water system was 0.0112 mg/kg 1 day after treatment and reached the top concentration of 0.0391 mg/kg 7 days after treatment. In case of water-paddy system, its amount was 0.0117 mg/kg 1 day after treatment and reached the highest concentration of 0.0259 mg/kg 3 days after treatment. Rapid transformation of imidacloprid into polar compounds continued until 7 days after treatment, considering that 80% of $^{14}C$ in water distributed in aqueous phase 7 days after treatment, amount of imidacloprid was 1.6538 mg/kg at day 0 and 0.8785 mg/kg 1 day after treatment, not being detected after 15 days, indicating rapid degradation of imidacloprid in water-paddy soil system by sunlight. The direct degradation of imidacloprid to imidacloprid urea would be a major photodegradation pathway in water and water-paddy soil systems.

살충제 imidacloprid의 물 및 물-토양계 중 광분해

Imidacloprid를 물과 물-토양계에 처리후 광에 노출시켜 광분해 특성을 조사하였다. 물중에서 imidacloprid는 극성화합물로 전환이 빠르게 이루어져서 약제 7일에는 수상대 유기상의 분포비가 80 : 20 이었으며, 이러한 경향은 조사 후 60일까지 지속되었다. 광에 의한 imidacloprid의 대사물인 imidacloprid urea는 노출 1 일차에 0.0112 mg/kg이 검출되었으며, 7일차에는 0.0391 mg/kg로 최고 농도에 도달한 후 감소하여 60일에는 검출되지 않았다. 물-토양계에서 imidacloprid의 농도는 약제처리 7일 후 평형상태에 도달하였으며, 극성화합물로 전환은 7 일간 지속되어 수상과 유기상간 분배비는 80 : 20로 전환되었다. 광에 의하여 imidacloprid의 농도는 약제처리 당일에는 1.6538 mg/kg, 1일에 0.8785 mg/kg으로 감소하여 15일에는 검출한 계 미만으로 검출되지 않았으나, 광분해산물인 imidacloprid urea는 약제 처리 3일에 최고 농도인 0.0259 mg/kg에 도달한 후 감소하였다. 물과 물-토양계에서 imidacloprid는 광에 의하여 분해되어 imidacloprid urea가 생성되는 분해경로를 확인하였다.