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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lam, Ka-Ho
• Cai, Zongwei
• Wai, Ho-Yin
• Tsang, Vic Wing-Hang
• Lam, Michael Hon-Wah
• Cheung, Richard Yun-Hing
• Yu, HongXia
• Lam, Paul Kwan-Sing

Titel

Identification of a new Irgarol-1051 related s-triazine species in coastal waters

Ist Teil von

• Environmental pollution (1987), 2005-07, Vol.136 (2), p.221-230

Ort / Verlag

Oxford: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A previously unknown s-triazine species present in commercially available Irgarol-1051, a booster biocide additive in copper-based antifouling paints for the replacement of organotin-based antifoulants, has been identified in the coastal aquatic environment. After careful isolation, purification and characterization by high resolution MS-MS and 1H NMR, the molecular structure of that unknown species is found to be N,N′-di- tert-butyl-6-methylthiol- s-triazine-2,4-diamine (designated as M3). Levels of Irgarol-1051, its major degradation product (M1) and the newly identified M3 in the coastal waters of Hong Kong, one of the world's busiest ports located in the southern coast of China, were monitored by SPME–GC-MS and SPME–GC-FID. Water samples from five locations within Hong Kong waters were analysed and the levels of Irgarol-1051, M1 and M3 were found to be 0.1–1.6 μg l −1, 36.8–259.0 μg l −1 and 0.03–0.39 μg l −1, respectively. Our results indicate that M3 is relatively stable against photo- and bio-degradation and may pose considerable risk to primary producer communities in the coastal marine environment. An s-triazine species resists degradation and may be a chemical risk for marine coastal communities.