期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 835, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155508
关键词
Antibiotic; Pharmaceuticals and personal care products; Molar absorption coefficient; Acid dissociation constant; Molar extinction coefficient; Molar absorptivity
资金
- NSF CBET [1510420]
- Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys
- Directorate For Engineering [1510420] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
This study employed enhanced spectrophotometric methods to determine the acid dissociation constants and molar absorption coefficients for certain antibiotics. Molar absorption coefficient heatmaps were generated for these antibiotics, revealing the influence of acid dissociation constants on their UV absorbance.
Antibiotics are priority contaminants of emerging concern due to their pseudo-persistence in the environment , contribution to the development of antimicrobial resistance. In solution, antibiotics undergo (de)protonation reactions that affect their UV absorbance and, therefore, photolytic fate in natural and engineered systems. This study employed enhanced spectrophotometric methods to determine the acid dissociation constants (as pK(a) values) and molar absorption coefficients for 12 fluoroquinolone, 9 sulfonamide , 7 tetracycline antibiotics of environmental relevance. Molar absorption coefficient heatmaps were generated for all 28 antibiotics at 200-500 nm and pH 1.8-12.2. The data in the heatmaps were deconvoluted to calculate pK(a) values and specific molar absorption coefficients at each wavelength. All antibiotics had at least one pK(a) value in the environmentally relevant range of 5.5-8.5, and pK(a) values were reported for methacycline, moxifloxacin, nadifloxacin, rolitetracycline, sulfadoxine, and sulfapyridine for the first time. Deprotonation of the carboxylic acid associated with pK(a,1) (5.5-6.7) exerted the strongest effects on the UV absorbance of fluoroquinolones. For tetracyclines, deprotonation of the tertiary amine at pK(a,3) (7.8-10.2) was re-sponsible for major shifts in UV absorbance. Although sulfonamides have conserved pK(a) sites, no general trends were observed for the molar absorption coefficients. The structural similarity of fluoroquinolones and tetracyclines sup -ported the potential for a class-based approach to identifying molar absorbance as a function of pH. Overall, the re-ported pK(a )values and specific molar absorption coefficients will serve as important resources for future studies on antibiotic fate in natural and engineered systems.
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