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Science 21 June 1968:
Vol. 160. no. 3834, pp. 1340 - 1342
DOI: 10.1126/science.160.3834.1340
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Mode of Chemical-Degradation of s-Triazines by Montmorillonite

J. D. Russell 1, Maribel Cruz 1, J. L. White 1, G. W. Bailey 2, W. R. Payne Jr. 2, J. D. Pope Jr. 2, and J. I. Teasley 2

1 Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana
2 U.S. Department of the Interior, Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, Southeast Water Laboratory, Athens, Georgia

Chemical hydrolysis of the s-triazines after interaction with less than 2-micron (equivalent spherical diameter) montmorillonite clay occurs as a result of protonation at the colloidal surface; protonation occurs even when the exchange sites are occupied by metallic cations. The adsorbed hydrolytic degradation product is not the hydroxy analog, but it is predominantly the keto form of the protonated hydroxy species. This cationic form is held tightly by the clay which may restrict vertical movement and entrance into groundwater. Protonation of the hydroxy analog occurs on the heterocyclic ring nitrogen.


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Competitive Hydration of Quinazoline at the Montmorillonite-Water Interface.
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