Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5746416 Chemosphere 2017 7 Pages PDF
Abstract

•Franck-Condon resolved UV-Vis spectrum of Chlorothalonil.•Photolysis and isomer speciation.•Pesticide degradation pathways.

An experimental and theoretical study of the UV spectrum of chlorothalonil (CT) was carried out and the vibrationally resolved HOMO→LUMO transition is presented for the first time. The fluorescence spectrum has also been recorded. Furthermore, preparative photolysis allowed a detailed study of the photoproducts formed with recognition of different isomers. In the presence of oxygen only the first reductive dechlorination-decyanation occurred, while in its absence a successive dechlorination-decyanation takes place.

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