Quantitation of fluorinated fungicides by fluorine-19 NMR

CHED 425

Dustin A. Underkoffler, Holly Hunt, and Daniel P. Predecki, dppred@ship.edu. Department of Chemistry, Shippensburg University, 1871 Old Main Drive, Shippensburg, PA 17257
The agriculture industry uses fluorinated fungicides to treat apples and peaches post-harvest. Some of these fungicides are known to be harmful to the environment and could be potentially harmful to humans. Using Fluorine-19 NMR, two fluorinated pesticides, tolyfluanid or fludioxonil, were quantified using hexafluorobenzene as an internal reference. Several samples of fruit were analyzed in an attempt to detect the presence of these fungicides by NMR.
 

Undergraduate Research Poster Session: Organic Chemistry
11:00 AM-1:00 PM, Monday, April 7, 2008 Morial Convention Center -- Hall A, Poster

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The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008