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A study of quinclorac degradation during thermal and forced hydrolysis and soil photolysis

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In the present study, the stability of quinclorac as (Queen 75% WG) during the forced thermal degradation at temperatures and forced acidic and alkaline hydrolysis was investigated. The results indicate that the maximum active ingredient degradation of quinclorac (5.57%) was achieved during storage at 54 °C after 14 weeks. During the same time period, however, the reduction was modest, ranging between 1.5- 3% at 35, 40, and 45°C, respectively. the shelf life of quinclorac after storage at different temperatures was consistent with the time period recommended by FAO/WHO. The acidic hydrolysis of quinclorac improved the shelf-life and half-life to 5.40 and 72.96 days, respectively, which is almost four times that of 1.0 N HCl. However, in alkaline conditions, the shelf-life and half-life of quinclorac were lowered to 1.02 and 13.73 days, respectively. Increasing the alkaline concentration to 1.0 N NaOH further reduced these results to 0.44 and 5.95 days, respectively. Generally, the kinetics of quinclorac degradation followed a first-order model that was reliant on its initial concentration. Furthermore, the half-life of quinclorac dissipation was determined to be 124 days in local clay-loam soil (with organic matter of 1.92% and a more significant saturation percentage of 62.99% and, hence, it is considered a persistent herbicide. The degradation products of quinclorac were identified by GC/MS and may be attributed to decarboxylation, dechlorination, hydroxylation, and the substitution of chlorine with a hydroxyl group.

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10.21608/ejss.2023.228810.1635

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Quinclorac, accelerated thermal storage, forced acidic and alkaline hydrolysis, photolysis, shelf life and half-life and degradation products

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Farida

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El-Dars

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Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Helwan, Cairo 11795 Egypt

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fkeldars@hotmail.com

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Hany

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Mansour

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Atef bakheet

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Central agricultural Pesticide Laboratory - Pesticide Analysis Research Department

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hanyatef133@gmail.com

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0009-0005-5903-0292

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Olfat

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Radwan

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Head of researcher in Pesticides analyses Department, CAPL, Agriculture Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

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ddr.olfatradwan1970@gmail.com

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63

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4

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42904

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2023-12-01

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2023-08-12

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2023-10-01

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593

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608

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0302-6701

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2357-0369

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Egyptian Journal of Soil Science

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A study of quinclorac degradation during thermal and forced hydrolysis and soil photolysis

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23 Dec 2024