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Thermodynamic, Spectroscopic, and Computational Evidence for the Irreversible Conversion of β- to α-Endosulfan

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Walter F. Schmidt,^† Susanna Bilboulian,^† Clifford P. Rice,^† James C. Fettinger,^‡ Laura L. McConnell,^† and Cathleen J. Hapeman*^†

Environmental Quality Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742

J. Agric. Food Chem., 2001, 49 (11), pp 5372–5376

DOI: 10.1021/jf0102214

Publication Date (Web): November 2, 2001

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Agrochemical Bioregulators

Abstract

Previous studies have provided unequivocal evidence for the symmetry of β-endosulfan and the corresponding asymmetry of α-endosulfan; the conversion of β-endosulfan to α-endosulfan was identified. In this study, evidence from differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments combined with computational chemistry calculations was used to propose a molecular mechanism for the corresponding conformational changes that occur in this process. DSC and NMR data of mixtures indicated that both isomers can influence the conformer populations in the solid, solution, and vapor phase. Computational chemistry demonstrated that the relative SO configuration between α- and β-isomers can be the intermediate state through which the conformations of α- and β-isomers affect each other. Furthermore, calculations for mixtures indicated that the asymmetrical conformation of the sulfite in α-endosulfan can induce asymmetry in β-endosulfan, and conversion to α-endosulfan occurs from this transition state.

Keywords: α- and β-endosulfan; conformation; NMR; volatility; eutectic mixture; computational chemistry

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