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Degradation of methomyl in chlorinated water
Author(s) -
Miles Carl J.,
Oshiro Wendy C.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
environmental toxicology and chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1552-8618
pISSN - 0730-7268
DOI - 10.1002/etc.5620090501
Subject(s) - methomyl , chemistry , chlorine , chloramine , methanesulfonic acid , acetic acid , degradation (telecommunications) , formaldehyde , environmental chemistry , organic chemistry , pesticide , biology , telecommunications , computer science , agronomy
Methomyl degrades rapidly in chlorinated water and the rate increases with decreasing pH, increasing temperature and increasing chlorine concentrations. Reaction rate with free chlorine is 1,000‐fold faster than with chloramine. Methomyl forms methomyl sulfoxide and N ‐chloromethomyl before degrading to acetic acid, methanesulfonic acid and dichloromethylamine.