Heterogeneous oxidation of two triazole pesticides (diniconazole and tebuconazole) by OH-radicals and ozone

Tebuconazole (Tbz) and diniconazole (Dnz) were deposited as thin film on quartz plaques. They were submitted to OH-radicals and ozone and their kinetic was measured. OH-radical oxidation was performed relative to a reference whose rate constant is well known. Terbuthylazine (Tbt) and Chlorpyriphos Ethyl (Clp) were chosen as reference for Tbz and Dnz kinetics determination, respectively. OH-radical rate constants of Tbz and Dnz were found to be: k(OH+Tbz) = (1.7 +/- 0.2) 10(-13) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1) and k (OH+Dnz) = (1.74 +/- 1.21) 10(-12) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1), respectively. Ozone heterogeneous oxidation rate constants were determined in an absolute way: k(O3+Tbz) = (0.5 +/- 0.2) 10(-20) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(;)(-1) k(O3+Dnz) = (1.4 +/- 0.2) 10(-19) cm(3) molecule(-1) s(-1). Dnz is ten times more reactive toward OH-radicals than Tbz and 27 times more reactive than Tbz toward ozone maybe because of the presence of a double bond in Dnz. Lifetimes of Tbz and Dnz on quartz like surfaces are against OH-radicals are of 68 days and 8 days, respectively and 4 months and several years against ozone, respectively. (C) 2019 Published by Elsevier B.V.