A1 Journal article (refereed)
A Wood Preservative Metabolite in River Water (2005)


Khoroshko, L. O., Petrova, V. N., Viktorovskii, I. V., Lahtiperä, M., Sinkkonen, S., & Paasivirta, J. (2005). A Wood Preservative Metabolite in River Water. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 12 (2005)(1), 8-9. https://doi.org/10.1065/espr2004.11.224


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All authors or editorsKhoroshko, Larisa O.; Petrova, Varvara N.; Viktorovskii, Igor V.; Lahtiperä, Mirja; Sinkkonen, Seija; Paasivirta, Jaakko

Journal or seriesEnvironmental Science and Pollution Research

ISSN0944-1344

Publication year2005

Volume12 (2005)

Issue number1

Pages range8-9

PublisherEcomed

Place of PublicationLandsberg

Publication countryGermany

Publication languageEnglish

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1065/espr2004.11.224

Publication open accessOpenly available

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Abstract

A previously unknown pollutant in river water was identified to be 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (2-MBT) by interpretation and simulation of its GC/LRMS spectrum. Further GC/HRMS measurement of the isotope composition of the molecular ion verified this structure. 2-MBT is a well-known agent for corrosion inhibition and a stable metabolite of several other benzothiazoles. The present 2-MBT trace was most probably a metabolite of the wood preservative TCMTB which leaked from an upstream sawmill. The metabolite had been detected earlier in urine of the sawmill workers, but now was identified in the recipient water environment for the first time.


Keywordswood preservativeswater systemspollution

Free keywordsAltax; GC/MS; TDMBT; water pollutants; wood preservative; 2-(thiocyano-methylthio)benzothiazole; 2.MBT; 2-mercaptobenzothiazole


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