Title:	Electrochemical and quantum chemical investigations of the insecticide fipronil.
Authors:	OKUMURA, F. AMARAL, R. B. ORESTES, E. SILVA, A. B. F. MAZO, L. H.
Affiliation:	FABIANO OKUMURA, CNPMS; Raquel B. Amaral, Universidade de São Paulo; Ednilsom Orestes, Universidade Federal Fluminense; Albérico B. F. Silva, Universidade de São Paulo; Luiz Henrique Mazo, Universidade de São Paulo.
Date Issued:	2016
Citation:	Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, v. 27, n. 5, p. 925-932, 2016.
Description:	This work describes an electrochemical and quantum chemical investigation of the fipronil insecticide. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and square wave voltammetry (SWV) experiments were performed over a graphite-polyurethane (GPU) composite electrode. The fipronil molecule presents an one?electron irreversible oxidation reaction. Profiting the SWV signal a square wave stripping voltammetry (SWSV) procedure to determine the fipronil molecule in a 0.10 mol L-1 Britton-Robinson buffer solution, pH 8.0 was developed with accumulation potential and time of 0.50 V and 120 s, respectively. The limits of detection and quantification were 0.80 and 2.67 ?g L-1, respectively. Recovery tests were performed in three natural waters samples with values ranging from 99.67 to 101.37%. Quantum chemical studies showed that the nitrogen atom of the pyrazole group is the most probable oxidation site of the fipronil molecule.
Thesagro:	Química
DOI:	10.5935/0103-5053.20150347
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CNPMS)