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Photochemical behaviour of the systemic fungicide carboxin
Maria Rosaria Iesce1, Flavio Cermola, Fulvio De Lorenzo
1Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Biochimica, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte Sant'Angelo, via Cinthia, I-80126 Napoli, Italy. iesce@unina.it
Abstract:
Irradiation of carboxin (1) with a 500 W UV lamp (filter Pyrex) in CH3CN leads to the products 3, 5-8, 12-14 depending upon the reaction conditions. All photo-products were isolated and characterized. Photooxidation occurred even if unsensitized, while photoalteration was very slow in the absence of oxygen. The main oxygenated-products 3 and 13 were also recovered under biomimetic conditions by exposure of an aqueous solution of 1 to sunlight.