Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110 012, India
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Online published on 31 October, 2011.
The fate of anilophos [S-4-chlorophenyl N-isopropyl carbaniioyl methyl] O, O-dimethyl phosphorodithioate has been studied in methanol-water solution under UV light (λ > 254 nm). The photoproducts were isolated and characterized by1 H NMR, IR and GC-MS. Under these conditions, anilophos underwent hydrolytic cleavage of phosphoryl ester and amide linkage and the photoconversion of P = S to P = O.
Herbicide, anilophos, photoproducts, spectroscopy
