Canadian journal of chemistry

Electrocatalytic dechlorination of atrazine

NL Stock, NJ Bunce

Index: Stock, Naomi L.; Bunce, Nigel J. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2002 , vol. 80, # 2 p. 200 - 206

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Citation Number: 19

Abstract

Atrazine (2-chloro-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-s-triazine), a photosynthetic inhibitor that is used in large quantities for weed control in corn and sorghum, is dechlorinated in aqueous solution upon electrolysis at a reticulated vitreous carbon cathode in the presence of noble-metal catalysts. Electrocatalytic hydrogenolysis to 2-ethylamino-4-isopropylamino-s- triazine occurs in quantitative yield, and is most efficient with palladium-based catalysts. ...