Occurrence of alachlor environmental degradation products in groundwater

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/es00006a018

Groundwater samples collected beneath a Massachusetts corn field were analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. In addition to alachlor, 20 compounds were detected whose EI and CIMS data indicated that they were derived from alachlor, presumably via environmental degradation. Structural assignments were confirmed for six of these compounds by analysis of standards. They were among 10 alachlor-related compounds that were synthesized by use of either the parent compound or 2,6-diethylaniline as starting material. -from Authors