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Science 23 June 1967:
Vol. 156. no. 3782, pp. 1617 - 1618
DOI: 10.1126/science.156.3782.1617
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Pesticide Transformation to Aniline and Azo Compounds in Soil

Richard Bartha 1 and David Pramer 1

1 Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Bureau of Conservation and Environmental Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

The herbicide 3',4'-dichloropropionanilide decomposes in soil to carbon dioxide and 3,4-dichloroaniline. and two molecules of the latter compound are condensed to form 3,3',4,4'-tetrachloroazobenzene. Soil microorganisms are involved in both transformations.


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